It has been a very rough couple of days, my beloved, beloved Scottish terrier, Tiger Lily, died Wednesday night. She’s been with me and my mother for over 10 years and we’re both having a ridiculously difficult time recovering… everything happened very quickly and we were not given any time to get used to the idea of letting her go. My house feels so empty without her in it, I keep thinking I hear her paws pattering across the floor.
Wednesday night I had a very short dream that I was in a great big field where everything was dark and in my dream I had the thought that I was in a washing machine- that’s all I can remember, I wonder what it means.
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know that I’ve had many dreams that included her and I wish I could remember one that I could post. Rather I’ll post something that I was always curious about- does anyone know if dogs dream… as most dog owners would know- sometimes while they are asleep they whimper or bark and even move their feet as if they’re running. Whenever Lily would do this really excitedly I’d assume she was having a nightmare because it sounds so dire… sometimes I’d wake her up and want to comfort her, but I don’t really know if she needed comforting in those moments or if she wanted to go back to doggy-dreamland and chase more squirrels and rolled up socks (which seemed to excite her even more than squirrels at times) there really is no way to know the content of animals’ dreams.
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You bring up a good point about not knowing the content of dogs dreams. Regardless, I am extremely sorry about your loss and lover of dogs myself. I just wanted to tell you that when my dog passed last year, I had a dream about a week or two before that she had died. When I woke up I was crying so much, and when I saw her alive I was excited and thrilled and thankful. My professor (psychology) told me that often times when we know something is going to happen (like a death) we have a dream about that occurance to prepare us to handle the situation. I suppose you did not have a dream as this because it was quite quickly, but I thought I would share. My thoughts are with you.
Posted by English Teacher | April 20, 2007 6:38 PM
Posted on April 20, 2007 18:38