Sweet dreams

So the other night, my human had a bad dream.  She thinks it was because she had been in touch with a very good friend who is a doctor – who has worked at the hospital in Afghanistan that was recently bombed.  Thankfully her friend was not there at the time – but sadly, he knows the staff that lost their lives.  She went to bed and was dreaming of bombings!!!!  She was happy when she woke up from the dream and she didn’t even care that I had managed to sneak onto the bed.

Which brings me to the topic of dogs and dreaming.  Because we canines can’t TELL you that we dream, it’s hard to PROVE that we dream.  BUT –there is scientific evidence that shows it is HIGHLY likely that we DO dream.  Just like humans, dogs go into a pattern of DEEP sleep – and that’s when dreams are most likely to occur. You have no doubt seen us growling or running in our sleep.  That’s when we are dreaming.  Just the other night – my human looked at Frodo and he was sound asleep – but he was wagging his tail!  Must have been a dream about food.

Some studies say that small dogs dream more often than larger dogs.  I think it’s because they are probably defending themselves in their dreams more often – since they are little.  And speaking of small dogs defending themselves – did you see the video of the French Bulldog in California who chased away TWO BEARS?!  Seriously.  TWO bears.  Jewels was caught on surveillance cameras – and boy oh boy, I sure wouldn’t want to tangle with HER.  She sent those bears a-packing.  Hey – I wonder if bears dream?  Gotta check it out. They must - during that long hibernation!

Anyway, I hope you have a dreamy day - as long as it's GOOD dreams!

© Linda Wozniak