Owner Reveals Unexpected Way French Bulldog Spends Day While She’s at Work

While pet owners spend their days working tirelessly, hour after hour, it’s easy to wonder what their animal is getting up to at home. Are they playing with their favorite toy, or maybe even chewing something they shouldn’t be?

That wasn’t the case for Jodi Leigh Edwards, who checked her pet camera several times while she was working and discovered that her French bulldog didn’t even move out of the bed the whole time he was alone.

After uncovering Frankie’s nonstop schedule, Edwards told Newsweek that she had expected to see him “either sleeping or playing” most of the day, but she was incredibly surprised to find out just how many naps he can fit into one day.

Edwards, from the United Kingdom, couldn’t resist sharing the hilarious images of Frankie’s all-day sleep-fest in a post on TikTok (@frankiiethefrenchie), with the caption reading that he “literally sleeps all day.” The post delighted many social-media users, and has already gained more than 858,000 views and over 136,000 likes on TikTok in a matter of days.

“Frankie is just over a year old, and when I checked the pet cam, I thought I’d see him sleeping or even playing with his toys, but he was fast asleep the whole time. He stayed in bed the entire day,” Edwards said.

To us mere humans, the idea of a full eight hours of sleep may seem like a dream come true, but dogs are able to fit in so many more naps than that every single day. The American Kennel Club says that dogs can spend up to 12 hours a day sleeping, while older canines may require even more sleep than that.

When dogs are awake, the AKC says that they spent 20 percent of the day being active, and another 30 percent relaxing—they must be tired from all that sleep.

Since the clip of Frankie went viral online, Edwards has been inundated with responses, telling Newsweek that “people loved it.”

But, of course, Frankie’s sleep did get interrupted throughout the day, so the pet cam indicated that a human had been detected. But it was simply that Frankie had to reposition himself in his owner’s bed. He had to get onto the pillows for added comfort and had to climb under the blanket at another point. It’s all in a day’s work.

Many TikTok users praised Frankie’s devotion to sleep, and the viral post has already gained more than 620 comments at the time of writing. One comment reads: “Saving all his energy for once you get home.”

Another person responded: “ask him how it feels to be living our dream.”

A third person posted: “Human detected, and it’s just clips of him fixing his bed for his 16th nap of the day.”

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