WANNA TRADE?!?! Sounds like Merlin is a perfectly normal dog
Crossbone seems to be in a constant state of movement. I'm pretty sure he sleeps when I'm away for the day, but he rarely naps when we're home! Especially if we go somewhere new and he doesn't have anything to play with on his own he is in constant motion and paces endlessly. He stayed with my parent's for 4 days and it took until the last day that he actually laid on the dog bed for more than 2 minutes. He doesn't like it when his family isn't in the same room, he paces a lot more, or if he doesn't have something to chew. He is getting SO much better, but there are times that he makes me anxious and want to put myself in a crate.
However, something CRAZY happened last night. I learned that if he's tired enough (we visited people around the world, played lots of high wind frisbee fetch in large fields and he played with Jackie Loo for a long time) he will CHOOSE to sleep! It was 6 PM when we got home, Ken and I settled on the couch to watch the ball game and he went straight to our bed, crashed and didn't come out until close to 10 PM. It was remarkable