how long dogs sleep
As shown in the accompanying infographic, the average dog will sleep 12-14 hours per day. If your dogs have adjusted to your sleep patterns, which most do eventually, theyâre sleeping around eight hours at night. So the other four to six hours required will occur during the day in the form of naps. Determining just how long those naps should last for each dog will vary by the type of dog. Many reasons exist to cause a dog to sleep more or less than the average. Active working dogs. Dogs like police dogs or service dogs will tend to sleep less because theyâre active much of the day alongside the humans with which theyâre working.