Dogs most definitely do dream, and of course we can never know exactly what they're dreaming about... but it's sure fun to hypothesize.

Here's an interesting article on this topic: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/canine-corner/201010/do-dogs-dream

All of my dogs have made various sounds and movements over the years in their sleep... I often wished I'd know why they're wagging their tails or howling in their dreams.

 

Scarlet, that’s an interesting article. Thanks for posting.

 

"crying" in their sleep?

Rocky whimpers when he’s sleeping sometimes, then his front paws start twitching and sometimes his eyes look like they are shifting side to side. We call it chasing squirrels as a joke. I love watching it; find it really cute.


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My sister referred to her spoo Jack as having 'bunny dreams.' I still think of that phrase when one of my dogs moves or makes noises while sleeping.

 

Dogs, like humans have a subconscious mind. During sleep, this center of intellect communicates with the conscious mind often in dream states. Many other animals have not been observed to dream.

 

If I hear them cry in their sleep I always nudge them, I'd sure appreciate being woken up from a bad dream. More often than not its tail wagging in their sleep though.

 

I wake up Noelle if she seems distressed in her dream. Vigorous tail wagging makes me laugh, though. She sometimes runs in her sleep, wiggling her paws, but mostly she's just quiet.

 

Iris chased a lot of bunnies in her sleep with little soft yips and fast running feet. Poppy, so far, does not yip or chase bunnies but her tail does a lot of rapid and very vigorous thumping. It always makes me smile to think that she is having happy dreams as she is a very happy dog when awake!