00:00Does your dog wake you up at night, or do you wake your dog?
00:03A new study tried to answer that.
00:05University of Toronto researchers tracked 25 dog owners and their 38 Huskies and Malamutes.
00:11Using wrist and collar sensors for about four weeks,
00:14across 777 nights, the owners averaged 6.23 hours of sleep with about 79% sleep efficiency.
00:22Sharing a bed with the dog was not linked to sleep length or efficiency.
00:26Here is the surprise.
00:28Among 22 pairs with clear movement peaks, the human moved first in about 45%,
00:33the dog moved first in about 18%, and in about 36% both moved in the same minute.
00:40People with more than one dog reported worse sleep quality,
00:43but that result was not statistically significant.
00:46The researchers warn the study is small, covers only two Husky-type breeds,
00:51and cannot prove who wakes whom.
00:53So next time you blame your dog, remember, you might have moved first.
00:57Disclosure, this video contains stock footage and content created or enhanced using AI-assisted tools.
