Doggy Dreams

Maybe it's not bad dreams. Your dog is just probably chasing something or someone as you say.

Scary dreams all the time.... usually after a few minutes of sleep...he growls and whines and sometimes shakes a little and his legs start moving as if he's running....probably dreaming about chasing something...but he does get a little spooked sometimes when he wakes up suddenly...sits up and just looks around as if to say.. where am I? But he is so cute to watch.

That's so cute.Mine doesn't bark but will growl and snirl her lip up with the feet moving.My granny used to say that if you could cover a dog's head with a hanky will they were dreaming and not wake them,then place the hanky under your pillow you'd have the same dream.I never tried it thinking it was just an old wives tale.If anyone does I'd love to hear about it.;-)

Mine do. But he's only dreaming and as soon as I tell him so, he quiets down and is okay. They like to hear the sound of your voice reassuring them that they are okay and there is no danger (as per their dream).

Mine does the same thing. I think she dreams about chasing the cats. But her bark gets louder and louder until she actually wakes herself up. The expression on her face is priceless--like, "who the heck woke me up?"

I don't have a dog myself, but when I go for visits back home I stay with my grandparents. They own a toy pomeranian..or excuse me, I'll correct myself, the toy pomeranian truly owns my grandparents..lol. She is very very spoiled. She sleeps in a miniature bed, on her back, covered up with her very own 'blankie'. She wiggles alot while sleeping and snores almost as loud as a human..she's quite the act.

My dogs dream too, its fun to watch them and imagine what they are dreaming about. My dog has had a bad dream before, she really barked and woke herself up and you could tell she was scared and then relieved that she was safe.

Makes you wonder what they dream about. Mine will make the noises and looks like she's running in place, lol. My husband says she's dreaming of chasing cats, something that she likes to do. I think it's cute. I wonder if cats dream.

I have a wire fox terrier and he does the same things that you describe your dog doing. My dog will have a little muffled bark, move his legs and even whine sometimes! The first time he did it, I was a bit worried. But he has done it so often now that I no longer worry. Wouldn't it be great to know what they were dreaming about!

My schnauzer, Molly will be completely still, and all the sudden she makes this little muffled yelp/bark. I don't know if she's having good dreams or bad dreams b/c when she's awake, she never makes that sound. Sometimes I want to wake her up, but one time I did, and she looked scared, like maybe she was having a bad dream, but then she looked sad like she thought I'd done something bad to her--whatever she was dreaming about. So now I just let her sleep through them.

Mine also does this. Sometimes she actually whines like she is being hurt, and I wake her up. Most of the time I find it amusing, except when she make noises like shes being hurt or chased, or just not liking something.

My dog does dream and it growls,barks in a low tone and shakes sometimes

my dog is so funny when she sleeps, he barks sometimes, her legs always kick, shes kicked me off the sofa before in her sleep....we think she is dreamin about chasing us around and things

When we first got my little dog as a puppy she used to sometimes wimper a little and stuff. I hear dogs dream about what happened during the day. On occasion now my dog will move her feet, her nose. And the funny thing on occasion when she is in certain ways she sleeps she will actually snore! Its down right funny.

Yeah, both of my dogs do the same. Even the Husky, who is not usually very vocal when she's awake, will "talk" in her sleep!

I'm sure they must dream. Mine at times will be sound asleep and you see his legs moving as if he's running. I have the feeling that most animals do have something they experience that is very close to what we experience in dreams.

OH yeah... mine run in their sleep, twitch their faces in their sleep, bark, wimper, whine, one even growls. The only thing that really upsets me is sometimes one of them yelps in his sleep and that makes me sad. If they are kicking their feet and barking or whatever, I let them have their fun in their dreams. But the yelper, I usually wake him up just in case he's having a bad dream.