Sleep

Half your dog's life happens with their eyes closed.

Poor sleep shows up as reactivity, weight gain and early cognitive drift long before anyone calls it a problem. So we measure it like any other system.

A sample week

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun

Total sleep (light bar) and deep sleep (dark segment), illustrative. Thursday's dip followed an evening visitor and a late meal.

What we change

Light

Bright mornings, dim evenings, and no screens facing the bed, circadian signals dogs read as clearly as we do.

Temperature

A cool sleeping surface with a warm retreat nearby; heat is the most common cause of a broken night.

Sound

Predictable low masking rather than silence, so household noise stops triggering full arousals.

Last meal and last walk

Both moved earlier where the record shows late-evening activity fragmenting deep sleep.