Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Is there anything cuter then a dreaming dog?



Gonzo has his share of "puppy dreams," and usually they seem to involve running, yipping, and eating. Sometimes, though, at night, I'll wake up to hear him whimpering and whining. He seems to be asleep and dreaming, so they're not the happy dreams of the afternoon naps on the sofa. Our boy is a rescue dog, so it makes me wonder.

Do dogs have dreams of things they don't know? I mean, if they haven't experienced it, can they conceive of it? Are all they thoughts of actuality, and not fantasy? When our boy is dreaming, is he remembering something that had happened, or do dogs have imaginations? I sort of hope they do, and can have nightmares based on things they haven't experienced. Otherwise, our boy might have have some mean people in his life before we came along.

Our boy just loves older people. Where my parents come for a visit, Gonzo will stick with my mom or dad like glue. The same for any older visitors to our house. When we first got our boy, I was walking him around the neighborhood when we passed the apartment building two streets up. There was a little white haired lady walking into the building, when Gonzo spotted her. Our boy whined and pulled toward the lady, which he hadn't done before for anyone but my husband. I believe that our boy thought he knew that lady. I started to think that maybe, just maybe the reason our boy was given to the humane society had nothing to do with him. Maybe he was owned by a sweet older person who couldn't keep him anymore. Maybe that poor person had to go live in a home, or worse, passed on, and the owner's family put Gonzo in the pound. I hope that's the life our boy had before us, and that the nightmares come from his stint at the pound. I'd like to think that he's never met mean people that would hurt him, but sadly, I can't be sure.

Good Boy, Gonzo. Dream a little dream of me (or Mama Cass).

4 comments:

  1. Does Gonzo ever make a weird hiccupping noise that sounds a bit like Curly from the 3 Stooges? All of my dogs do that when they dream. It's the weirdest noise.
    It doesn't matter who Gonzo has met before, it's who he knows now that makes him a good boy!

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  2. Oh, he's beautiful. I had no idea how tiny he was until I saw the hand at the end of the video.

    This was realy sweet!

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  3. Not sure if my first comment went through. Writing again to say "your boy is a cutie!"

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  4. Oh, but that little sweetie isn't mine! Gonzo is full grown,but dreaming puppies are just too sweet.

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