HERE IS A selection of some great sleeping dog and cat pictures, sent in by you.

Send your pics of slumbering canines and felines to mail@idler.co.uk. Please include the animal’s name, your name and where you live.

Name: Penelope. Owner: Camilla Marston, UK.

Name: Olive. Location: UK. Owner: Katy Evers. “Olive by name, sleepy by nature. Doesn’t she look comfy?” Katy says: “Love Idler. Keep up the good work.” Katy is starting her own business in her spare time.

Name: Louie. A Persian. Owner: Barbie Wyard, Colchester, UK.

Name: Cazwell. Breed: Bouvier de Flandres. Location: Kentucky, USA. Owner: David Gilbert.

Name: Herschel. Location: Concord, Mass. Owner Betsy Higgins writes: “Greetings from snowbound Concord, Massachusetts where I’ve just enjoyed, as always, reading your latest email newsletter.  At the end you said you are seeking pictures of sleeping dogs and cats. In the event you are serious, of which I have some doubts, I send here a picture of my grand-dog Herschel sleeping in his favourite position on my sheet-covered sofa. He’s a fast growing 115 pounds of pure joy, preferring to spend his time eating, rough housing with friends, and of course sleeping. Many thanks for The Idler and all else that you do to promote idling in all shapes and sizes.”

Name: Vizsla. Breed: Location: Munich. Owner: Ken Macbeth Knowles

Name: Kev. Owner: Allyson Brown. Location: Somerton, Somerset, England. “This is Kev. He knows how to relax on his luxury bed made up of a large, dog-sized pillow, topped with an old single duvet plus cover, then a fleece and a towel.”