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!

If it exists and if I can choose my species, then in my next life I want to come back as a dog like Chuck, or like my own supermut, whose only adversities in life include the UPS truck and a couple of neighborhood squirrels.

Obviously, Chuck has collapsed under the weight of his own cuteness.

My Poo Woo does the same thing - the "Dead Dog Flop!" And then roasts in the sun for hours. It appears to be total dog-bliss.

Guess this is pictoral representation of the "Dog Days of Summer."

Thanks for the Chuckiliciousness!

This would be a great scene to videotape and share with all of us....*hint hint*

Ah, the joys of summertime!!

My family dog when I was...junior high-ish, I guess...was fabulous in several ways. My favorite, though, was her tendency to: a) freak out if she wasn't walked (for a long time) every day and b) to decide in the middle of about 50% of said walks that it was time to lay down and not move. I can't even count the amount of times I had to carry her home...or the amount of times I wished someone was carrying ME home.

My pitbull does the same thing, but it's usually when he accidentally falls over and then lies there like he planned it that way the whole time. I guess playing it cool would work if I hadn't seen the part where he tripped over the rug to begin with.

That is truly a picture of bliss right there.

Most of my dog's life we lived in a townhouse with a patio but no yard so his opportunities to lie in the grass came when we went to the park. He rarely, if ever, relaxed so completely as that dog though, electing instead to stay ever-so-slightly awake in case some unsuspecting picnicer came by with a nice ham sammich.

Is there any other way to fall that with a pronounced "thunk"? If you're going to plop, do so with gusto, I always say.

Hopefully one of these days you can catch him doing that on a video clip. That would be priceless...

Yes, that really is a look of pure bliss on his face. That's fabulous!!

Heh. We used to have a Golden Retriever, Sexy Sadie, who would do that... when she reached full size, the silly bitch would shake the whole house with that trick.
After the first two "It's the Big One!" panic attacks, I got used to it.

My baby does this too and then grins at me, like "Don't you wish you were me?" And then she gets a very diva-y attitude where I expect at any minute she will tell me to fetch her a gin and tonic and make it snappy.

tape it and post it. Would love to see it. Reminds me of the fainting sheep.

I can tell he wants to lick himself, but it's ... just ... too ... much .... effort.

Dude, seeing Chuck in this manner makes me want a slothful dog. Do you mind if I call Chuck a "slothful" dog? It could be like the Your Mother thing - no one is allowed to insult Your Mother except for you. It was a compliment, though, weirdly.

Also, this has nothing to do with Chuck, but I think my sister takes the cake for mispronunciation nicknames. My name is Stephanie; she called me Vicey until she was at least 5. Ner-Ner and Vicey, Twin Wrestling Mutants from Tulsa! I can see the neon lit up from miles away.

Have a good one, H.A.! Leta and Maya look an awful lot alike; it's actually a little freaky. I should send you current pictures ...

My cat does this. Just falls right over on her side, like she's had the most exhausting life ever. Sometimes I wish I could just fall over.. but then again, if i did I'd certainly break a tailbone or a hip or something.

NEKKID CHUCK...where IS his collar? :)