Do Pets Dream?
Earlier today I enjoyed some mellow time with my pal Buster. He was asleep, and he started to twitch a bit. He made some happy noises and moved his legs as if he were running in slow motion. It looked like he was dreaming.
And that raised a question: do pets dream? I think they do. But I can’t prove it.
There is quite a bit of evidence suggesting that dogs and cats dream. Their sleep cycles are similar to ours. They experience brain activity during sleep that resembles the activity in our brains during dreams.
But at this point it is not possible to prove definitively that pets dream. And it certainly isn’t possible to find out what they dream about. However, in Buster’s case I have a hunch. Good dreams involve fetch or food. Nightmares feature nail trims and baths.
You have questions. 
This is quite a coincidence….years ago we had a dog named Buster who did exactly the same thing, except his legs moved faster and you’d hear an occasional soft “woof”. My grandpa used to say he was chasing a rabbit.
No, there’s no way to *prove* dogs dream, but I’m convinced that they do. In college I had a biology professor who insisted that animals do not have emotions and anyone who thinks otherwise was simply projecting their human wishes on animals. No one challenged him b/c there was no way to *prove* animals have emotions – but do you believe they don’t? I have yet to find someone who does other than that professor.
both my terriers dream. I don’t need an expert to tell me otherwise.