Do pets have emotions?

my dogs literally cry when we have to leave them at home and are cheery when the whole family is together.

tell me they don't and i'll say u nvr owned a dog, lol :))

Sure. My dog gets agitated during storms, gets happy to see me . . . absolutely.

Every one of our dogs have displayed emotions. Only one of our cats did.

I have owned dogs all my life (I am 56) and I can tell you that they do, and they dream.

My dog cries all the time and when she's happy she smiles.

I don't know if their as varied as ours, but humans definitely have emotions.

of course they do!!! they know what they're feeling and they know what or how we're feeling too!!

Smarter ones, yes.

Absolutely. I grew up with cats, and have seen emotions ranging from love to anger to fear to puzzlement to hate and probably many more. Animals are very emotional.

Silly question.

But they are cognitively limited.

They can express remorse, happiness, affection, LOYALTY...

hell, they express things 1 out of 25 (sociopaths) people can't.

They Cry

Spend an afternoon with my dogs and you will witness them go through several of them.

I believe they do. At least three happy, angry and jealous.

Totally....if you have ever had a pet dog or cat that you have raised, then you should know this for sure....

Sure they do, my dogs loose their mind when I leave the house, emotional wrecks by the time I return. Gonna ask my vet for some meds before they stroke out.

You can always tell when your pet is happy, sad, contented.

agree cats purr

my cat sure does
hates it when hes left alone =)

of course!

If I don't play with my doggie enough, she gets a really, really bad attitude. She tries to hit you with her toys. Puts them in her mouth and tosses them at you! The cat will scratch you if you don't feed him on time! Yeah, mine have emotions, definitely.

Without question! Love, loyalty, sadness, loneliness, all of those traits have been obvious in my companions!

For some reason my dog smiles at me much of the time..

Absolutely. They 'feel' love and i believe implicitly that they can also 'feel' happiness and sadness-and those three emotions are among the most important to all of us.

Most definitely! Spend some time with my nineteen-months old Chihuahua and you'll learn. You can always tell what mood he's in.

I believe they do.

of course they do

they love, they mourn, they fear, and have anger

WATCH JUST ONE ANIMAL RESCUE SHOW THEN ASK AGAIN .

They always have. Especially if they are very close to you. They just seem to affected by how you are feeling or acting.

I remember when my guinea pig was dying, my other guinea pig laid right by his feet. Normally she wouldnt want to be in sight, but she saw him dying and decided to be there for him.

Mine do.

Yes

Maybe we all need to read, The Art of Racing in the Rain. The first line is:
"Gestures are all that I have."
I had to take a break; it was too emotional for me! Has anyone else read it?
Or, what about the older book - the one who put the word "alpha dog" in our vocabularies?
Perhaps the title was The Secret Life of Dogs. The author was English. Can anyone help here?? Her research proved to her that dogs are capable of having friendships, dedicated male/female relationships, and can not only love, but mourn a lost pal or partner.
And, can anyone forget Buck in The Call of the Wild? It is wasted on 8th and 9th graders. Worth a re- read for the larger themes that adolescents don't "get."

They absolutely do.