My dog does this same thing, however he does it with a long and low groan, as if he's had the most EXHAUSTING day...laying around, sleeping, and occasionally gnawing on a bone. All in a days work my friend.

He looks like a picture from the National Geographic Society, of when there's a famine in a country, and you see animals scattered around -- and as though he went out with a vengeance...Famine, I snarl at thee!

This reminds me of a collection of photos by Jan Von Holleben.

http://www.janvonholleben.com/dreams_of_flying/

ahhhh, the sun!

hmmmm yes. happy chuck :D

i have a black pug, named moxie, and sometimes she plops as well, on the hardwood floor. but she plops on her stomach, with her little leggies stuck out the back and her front paws out too. they're like little sausages....with legs.

hee

Heh, my dog used to do that too. It's as if they're experiencing so much dog-joy they just have to collapse!

Our dog does that too, he would lay out there roasting himself for hours if we let him. Sometimes I feel like I should go out there and baste him or at least flip him over.

Our dog, Graham, does the same thing. I usually give in and lay down with him. I think I need a job.

Ha ha....Ruffy-Doodle does the same thing.....thunk, and a huge groan-y sigh, like Life is SOOOO hard for them, isn't it? She loves to bask in the sunlight too.

my cat does the same thing. probably less startling with a 6lb cat. but she doesn't actually do it to rest. she does it when she wants to be scratched and i'm not obliging. like a bratty little kid. it's sweet.

My parents have a picture of my younger brother (when he was about 9 months old) asleep on the dog, while she was basking in the sun. They both look so peaceful. Memories...

I am loving this picture. The smile on his face is priceless!

I'd love to be doing what he's doing instead of working!

Ahahahaha my dog Emma does exactly the same thing. She'll be walking around and all of a sudden she'll tilt ever-so-slightly to the side and then BOOM.

Here's Ems: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fuzzball/sets/347703/

Hey, does Chuck do the classic "go limp" when you want him to do something that he doesn't want to do? My brother is determined that Emma was actually a war protester from the '60s reincarnated as my dog. She's amazing at being deadweight. :D

Does Chuck do the "face dance" before he plops? Our golden-mix, Leela, goes into her play bow and rubs both sides of her face alternately against the floor and her paws while making noises that are unmistakably sexual. Only then does she allow the flop to happen. With GUSTO.

That's what I just did for fifteen minutes...and I feel like a new person!