Post by Zoe Forward, DVM, Dipl. ABVP (canine/feline)
Answer: They
probably do!
If the dog is vocalizing, experiencing REM, and
leg movement, it's a good guess that it IS dreaming. According to Dr. Debbie
Calnon (Animal Behavior specialist), “While we will never really know because
we can't ask them - studies do show that dogs do have REM sleep phases like
people. This is the phase in which much, but not all, dream activity occurs in
people…I consider it highly likely that dogs do dream given the vocalisations,
leg movements and so forth that occur.”
Research
suggests dogs probably do dream. Dreams might occur twenty minutes after they
begin to dose. You might notice shallow, irregular breathing, twitchy eye
movements behind closed lids.
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