HIS SLEEP

Security guard dozes off, gets

DEAR AMERICAN Kennel Club: Duh!

That’s the reaction of New York French bulldog owners to the club’s report that Frenchies are — like last year — the most popular pooch in New York City.

“Of course they are. I’d be shocked if it were otherwise,” said Adrian BryanBrown, a top Broadway press agent and owner of Buttercup, a 9-year-old Frenchie.

“Even people who don’t like dogs are attracted to them,” added Bryan-Brown. “They’re so silly-looking. They’re so lovable. They’re such total clowns.”

Versatile, too, points out the kennel club, which calls the Frenchie “a very adaptable breed, making it a great companion for city dwellers.”

The Labrador retriever, bulldog, German shepherd and golden retriever round out the city’s top five breeds. Nationally, Labs are the top dog.

But Lucas Pergament and Danielle Naftali, who work, respectively, at a financial-communications company and a real-estate development firm, only have eyes for Frenchies. Their pup, Henry, just turned 3 months old.

“I love the big ears. I love that they snore. I love their chubby rolls,” said Pergament, whose passion A BRONX SECURITY guard says he has been living a nightmare ever since his employer canned him for sleeping on the job.

Audie Delacruz, 46, filed a lawsuit last week against Allied Universal Security Services, accusing the firm of wrongfully terminating him over his disability — sleep apnea.

His lawsuit says his bosses accused him of snoozing on the job and telling him “every client that you go to, you’re putting a black eye on us.” One of his supervisors took a cheap shot at him, saying, “I’m going to get some Scotch Tape to hold your eyelids open,” according to the lawsuit.

Delacruz said that his bosses were wrong about him grabbing Z’s on the job. He said they only spotted him catching winks in a locker room during his lunch break.

“Mr. Delacruz is part of a protected class with a well-known disability, sleep apnea,” his lawyer, Jeffrey Risman, said.

“He was punished for taking advantage of a lunch break to rest and recharge. Instead of accommodating Mr. Delacruz’s disability, Allied terminated and humiliated him.”

Delacruz has been a security officer for 25 years — and spent nearly a decade working for Allied.