Do dogs have nightmares?
 

My dog was sleeping and then he starting shaking... I woke him up. He's fine now

Sure they dream about VISA who banned them from the web

Yes absolutely.
My dog, a big loveable pittbull, always twitches, and runs in his sleep (he doesnt get up and run but his legs make the motions). Sometimes he cries, and other times heis scared shitless. He has growled and moaned. All i do, is pet his head, and speak softly, and he gets through it, i never wake him anymore, most of the time it just makes me laugh.

well, I am sure they dream . . . . not sure the content of the dream so can't say that they are nightmares

I think that they do but no proof...:2 cents:

I would figure they do. They definately dream, so they must have nightmares too. I wonder what about. . .

yep, they dream allright... Never watched a dog sleep and chase some other dog? too funny:thumbsup

I would assume they dream, my cats dream, their wiskers twitch and sometimes they whine a bit.. animals are funny

My lab does the same thing. She'll cry and whimper really loud in her sleep while her legs look like they're kind of running. Sometimes she'll wake herself up with some brutally loud barks that scare the shit out of me.

for sure they dream, both my dog and cat get all twitchy when they are asleep but im not gonna wake them up or anything

Sure do. One of my police dogs even did his whole facial snarl while sleeping once.
It was hilarious. And his back legs started going too, so he must have been dreaming he was doing a suspect pursuit.

Merely 'chasin rabbits': my pup's paw would twitch while he slept. Big ol mitts flailing, as if he was running ... hence, chasing rabbits.

I think it could be cause i have a little pincher and once while he was sleeping he started shaking too until too i woke him up!

:) :)

isn't that a oxymoron? lol

they prolly do have nightmares, most of the time i think my dog dreams he is chasing squirrels, he hates squirrels.

I twitch in my sleep chasing those squirrels, too. Fuckin squirrels....:BangBang:

sure they do. I wonder how a dog's nightmare would be. possibly someone stealing their food or sthg like that.

for sure! my dog has made the weirdest howling noises while he's sleeping (when he's awake he's never made a noise even close to it!) when i poke him he doesn't wake up at all. Sometimes his legs move around like he's trying to run!

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh

yea, sometimes mine will do some light barking & twitching lol

wonder what kind of dreams they have. :glugglug

For sure they dream, My dog is nuts when hes sleeping. As for nightmares, dunno.

my dog does that all the time its called "Rem" sleep and is actually good for them

No, dogs do not have nigh mares.

hehe even my cat has nightmares...so it's probably pretty normal :glugglug

sure most animals do, im sure youve seen your dog making a howling sound moving his legs etc, theyve got the same pattern, rem sleep etc etc

My dog does too.
I wake him up sometimes but I feel bad because I don't know if its a good dream or bad dream. You can kind of tell the way he looks at you. If he tries to go back to sleep so he can continue his dream, it was good.

my dog had a nightmare the other night that she was signed up wiith ibill.

maybe your dog dream about chasing or eating food.

yeah only if you're ignorant as fuck.

i think most higher thinking mammals dream in some way...

Yes absolutely.

my dog likes to run in his dreams