Studies show that dogs and humans are 95% identical physically and genetically. These proven similarities lead doctors or vets to make educated or close to accurate guess that dogs indeed dream.
Because this study says that the human brain, its neurochemistry, reflexes and memory are ‘wired’ in the same manner as that of a dog’s brain, expect that most of the inner workings on the brain are the same. It is most likely that while sleeping, the brain of your dog uses dreams to process whatever transpired during the day and it is also used as memory storage.
The dream state is the time for the mind to refresh and re-organize. It came out from research that the results of the comparison of human and dog brain waves in a dream state are similar. Dogs also have 2 stages of sleep, the REM sleep and the SWS or slow wave sleep. This is very much identical to that of humans.
It is in the REM sleep that the mind enters into the dream stage. Your dog’s brain waves at this stage show a lot of mental activities and it can be said that these happenings are your dog’s dreams. Your furry pal may also bark in their sleep or jerk a leg that looks like they are running.
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