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I love my dog and I never treat her badly. But sometimes after she’s woken up after being asleep she looks at me and gets really sheepish and goes and hides in a corner as if I’ve just beaten her to death. I can’t think of any reason why she would do that so I was just wondering if dogs can’t tell the difference between dreams and reality? Thanks

I think they can for sure. If you are worried about your dog not doing so, maybe try comforting her when she wakes up, telling her she is a good girl and just reassuring her that you love her. Dogs learn words they hear regularly, so maybe try saying the words "bad dream" and asking her if she had a bad dream while you comfort her, then she will start associating the words "bad dream" with what she is feeling and learn that it is not reality.

I know with my dog, when she is dreaming, sometimes she wakes up very frightened and scared, and would try to hide under the edge of the bed, or under the desk, but once i seen her do it a few times, i started to comfort her, and would snuggle her until she is feeling better. Now, when i hear her dreaming, and she wakes up scared…she doesn’t wake up from them all scared, just once in a while…but she knows t is not real and comes and curls up with me for some comfort until she is feeling better.

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1. Travis D Says:
   February 24th, 2010 at 3:46 pm

   i can’t even tell
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2. DawnMarie81 Says:
   February 24th, 2010 at 4:10 pm

   I think they can for sure. If you are worried about your dog not doing so, maybe try comforting her when she wakes up, telling her she is a good girl and just reassuring her that you love her. Dogs learn words they hear regularly, so maybe try saying the words "bad dream" and asking her if she had a bad dream while you comfort her, then she will start associating the words "bad dream" with what she is feeling and learn that it is not reality.

   I know with my dog, when she is dreaming, sometimes she wakes up very frightened and scared, and would try to hide under the edge of the bed, or under the desk, but once i seen her do it a few times, i started to comfort her, and would snuggle her until she is feeling better. Now, when i hear her dreaming, and she wakes up scared…she doesn’t wake up from them all scared, just once in a while…but she knows t is not real and comes and curls up with me for some comfort until she is feeling better.
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3. eithne m Says:
   February 24th, 2010 at 5:00 pm

   Well I can’t really say with any certainty but I would assume they could tell the difference between the two. She may be a bit confused and out of sorts when she wakes from a deep sleep and feels the need to protect herself by hiding.
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4. RZ Says:
   February 24th, 2010 at 5:36 pm

   Dogs can differentiate between reality and dreams.

   The problem with you both is not that. Dogs love sleeping in congested places. They sometimes require private space as we do. As we want to be alone. She gets up from sleep and is not totally woken. She just a little restless and wants to change her place out of no purpose and while going she doesn’t give a bad look at all. The look on her face is a result of all the bones getting active all of a sudden. See when we get up we feel a little ache when we move our body organs after a motionless night and at that time we also make faces(film yourself if u want and see). Same way she makes faces as a way to show that tender pain.

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5. Rainbow35 Says:
   February 24th, 2010 at 5:55 pm

   Maybe she just had a really realistic dream, and hadn’t got back to reality just yet. That happens to me sometimes. : )
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