# When animals dream **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 9, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-animals-dream/429420 "2007-12-09T21:19:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-animals-dream/429420/21 "2007-12-10T18:18:46Z")
My kitties all dream a lot. The twitching is frakking adorable, especially in the youngest. My dog also dreams a lot, and occasionally whimpers or woofs. The paddling paws are adorable, too. And my littlest kitty snores like a freight train. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-animals-dream/429420/22 "2007-12-10T19:15:53Z")
[Mr. Spock](http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2538472650092851307lgpsPA) snores like a freight train. I don’t know if he dreams. but he’ll snore so loudly on occasion that it distracts me from the computer. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-animals-dream/429420/23 "2007-12-10T19:40:01Z")
“I had the weirdest dream that I was back in obedience school, and I wasn’t wearing a collar.” ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-animals-dream/429420/24 "2007-12-10T20:28:10Z")
Libby dreams a lot. She is 6 months old and the feet and ears go crazy but she is cute. [This](http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z90/emmalouinamerica/Kitty/Naptime.jpg) was taken not long after I got her she is a lot bigger now ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-animals-dream/429420/25 "2007-12-11T03:09:08Z")
[QUOTE=Acid Lamp] Our dog, Sienna, has the paw twitching, and the REM, but also whines, growls, poofs, urfs, howls and barks in her sleep. All of the vocalizations are muffled though since her mouth is closed. [/QUOTE] Just like my dog. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-animals-dream/429420/26 "2007-12-11T05:27:15Z")
Maybe your cat is dreaming she is dancing with Helio Castro-Neves. ---
**Author:** ![SomeUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@SomeUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeUserName)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-animals-dream/429420/27 "2007-12-11T14:37:24Z")
[QUOTE=Acid Lamp] Our dog, Sienna, has the paw twitching, and the REM, but also whines, growls, poofs, urfs, howls and barks in her sleep. All of the vocalizations are muffled though since her mouth is closed. [/QUOTE] My dog Queenie does this as well. She has gotten loud at times that I am surprised she didn’t wake herself up. My other dog Cassie never makes noise but she twitches her feet pretty hard. She has been know to knock the cat off the bed if they are sleeping to close to her feet. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-animals-dream/429420/28 "2007-12-11T16:57:32Z")
I have no idea what he was dreaming, but years ago (30+) my cat was asleep and twitching, kicking, etc. I thought he might be having some sort of kitty nightmare and woke him up. Apparently it wasn’t a bad dream. He glared at me and bit me. From then on I just let sleeping cats lie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-animals-dream/429420.md?page=1)