Protect your bones at all times!

My old Springer Spaniel (16 and a half) has always slept with her legs in the air and now the baby Mia (mini doodle) is doing the same thing although it took her about 3 weeks at our house to get comfortable enough to expose her belly even for a pet.

In our house this position has a name -- "Belly to the breeze" -- because as I said in an earlier post we've seen it for 16 years with out old dog. In fact she used to do this even when awake and particularly if she met another dog while out for a walk.
She has always been a very submissive dog and would adopt this position to send the message "I am no threat to you!" Sometimes she would flop on the ground and roll over if she spotted another dog at the end of the block ... just to be sure. :roll: