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Aug 10 2007, 02:32 AM
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Newbie [Level 2] ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 25 Joined: 9-August 07 Member No.: 47,863 |
Either my cat IS dreaming when she sleeps, or she is just mental (highly doubt it). She runs, kicks, meows, and sometimes even walks then falls over yet still sleeping.
Its quite funny actually. Not all the time though. I just wish I could see them. |
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Sep 30 2007, 01:21 PM
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I think that they dream. Merlim some times "speack" while he is sleeping. I think that he is dreaming...
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Nov 8 2007, 04:38 AM
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Newbie [Level 1] ![]() Group: Members Posts: 21 Joined: 8-November 07 From: Somewhere in the distance, like, let's say, right behind YOU! Member No.: 52,607 |
I would have to say my dog dreams. Here are my reasons:
~~~ 1) Once, I was watching TV in the evening with my family. Jack, one of my dogs, was sleeping, as usual. He was lying on the floor next to me against my feet. So he suddenly starts kicking with his hind feet. So, he's kicking me. I'm like, "What the.." Jack's eyes were closed, and he was breathing peacefully. And he was kicking me. 2) Another time, my other dog, Dixie, was sleeping. Again, against my feet. But he didn't kick me. Instead, he just began giving little "woofs". Eyes closed, peaceful breathing, the whole thing. And yet, he was "woofing". 3) Yet another time, my dog Jack was again against my feet. He kicked me, as you have probably guessed. But it was like he was racing, like he was sideways on a racing track. His legs started moving like he was running.. It hurt. ~~~ That's why I think so. And also, dogs are human beings, right? All living things have dreams.. I think. Anyways, that's my vote! |
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Nov 8 2007, 04:41 AM
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I believe even my hamsters dream too. I've seen them moving their limbs a lot when they sleep.
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Dec 9 2007, 11:06 PM
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My opinion: of course they do!
They are extremely active in their sleep, if you have ever watched a dog sleeping. They can wake up scared, happy and just have a range of emotions... that is achieved by dreaming. They also go through the REM (rapid eye movement) stage which is where dreaming is. If you look, you can see their eyes moving at some points in their sleep. This is where their eyes are actually moving in their sleep! |
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Jan 31 2008, 09:34 AM
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Newbie [Level 1] ![]() Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 30-January 08 From: California Member No.: 57,096 |
I don't see why pets wouldn't be able to dream, since they sleep so much. I'm not sure the scientific process on it, but cognitively, they probably just don't get the same level of sophistication of dreams as humans do. Human dreams have so much that variation and randomness, but I would imagine my dogs dreams to be a lot like his primary entertainment during the day: food and play. I could see him dreaming about chasing squirrels and finding things to eat, but I doubt he could remember the last dog he played with at the dog park.
It would be interesting to get a glimpse at what our pets dreams look like; I wonder of any of us appear? |
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Apr 24 2008, 09:31 PM
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I think they do, but not because I think they have a soul or are like us or anything. Quite the opposite: I think we are more like them. Dreams are just random signals in the brain--the things in your dreams come from images and conversations and fleeting thoughts from the day. If you don't remember seeing or hearing something that was in your dream, it's because it was there but you didn't really see it or hear it, but it is still in your unconscious. Dogs move and growl in their sleep, so of course something is going on in their head, just like us. If you have a brain, you can dream. Dreaming isn't a special thing that humans have that proves we have a soul or that we can reason, and they certainly don't MEAN anything. Freud was crazy, and nothing he ever did was legitimate.
But, yes, dogs dream, and so does anything else with a brain. |
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Aug 27 2008, 04:05 PM
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i think they do, when i scold them sometimes they cry when there sleeping.
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Aug 31 2008, 03:43 PM
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Yeah I would have to agree that cats and dog dream, especially dog when they do fidgit and what not, I did find some interesting articles about cats and dogs dreaming, http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art46704.asp. What really caught my attention was this part: I been hearing things about narcoleptic dogs years ago and along with the fact they sometimes growl as well when they are asleep, of course do we really want to know what they are dreaming about? THe human mind is bizarre enough when it comes to dreams I only could imagine what they are thinking about i.e. they got us on a leash and walking us around hte park to poop and pee on a lawn somewhere i think my ou chui (my dogs name) is dreaming. Because sometimes he is very happy after sleeping, maybe he dreams something very happy. |