Of course they posses emotions! They are animal emotions and not human emotions, but they are none the less... emotions!

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Do dogs have emotions? Of course they do, and every dog owner comes to recognise their dog's moods from body language and facial expressions, from the noises their pet makes and from the very way their dog moves. We instinctively know whether our dogs are excited, happy, sad, frustrated or anxious.

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As long as you don't humanize your dog, you'll be fine.

If you really look at your dog's body language and behavior, you can communicate with them on a much deeper level.
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http://www.purina.co.uk/Home/All+About+Dogs/Living+Together+Dog/Get+More+Ou...
http://ezinearticles.com/?Your-Dogs-Emotions---Things-Every-Dog-Owner-Shoul...
http://www.petplace.com/dogs/can-dogs-sense-our-emotions/page1.aspx

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Without a doubt. Any dog owner would say the same. Just off the top of my head my dog feels and expresses emotions such as happiness, sadness and love. I'm sure all dog owners will agree there are many more and each dog will have is own set of commonly expressed emotions.
NPR study of dogs understanding of fairness and jealousy.
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http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/my-puppy-my-self/200904/tuning-in-your-...

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Yes! Dogs posses emotions!!
I have a dog that balance the tail always I enter my home, and is sad, almost depressed when I leave. It already has his "corner of depression" in the garage it uses when it is sad. My dog knows when I go to bath him, and then looking where to hide.
So I can say that he has emotions and great intelligence!
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My experience

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indeed, yes! mine show pleasure, contentment, fright, confusion, remorse, love, protectiveness, shyness, playfulness.....................
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I think that dogs clearly possess emotions: fondness, protectiveness, fear, anger, and curiosity, at the very least. Remember that their emotions evolved for them to interact with other dogs, not with people. (Technically, wolves, and that's where their emotions come from. They were later domesticated to be with humans, but their basic thinking is still wolf.) Those emotions play a part in their pack behavior.

To put it more simply, dogs are animals who express emotions, therefore they surely have emotions.
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http://www.purina.co.uk/Home/All+About+Dogs/Living+Together+Dog/Get+More+Ou...

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My two Labs definatly have emotions. My girl gets very upset when I give her a bath and won't hardly look at me for a couple hours and if there is a big storm my male will lay his head on my leg and look as if he's going to cry.
Also, when we've been away for a few days and they stay with my inlaws, the dogs go nuts when we pull in the driveway. My male will follow me around and be on my heels for the next three days.
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YES! They absolutely possess emotions. I have had dogs in my life for the past 30 years. I have seen my dogs display all kinds of emotions, such as happiness, joy, mischievious intentions, anger, discontent, jealousy, and sadness. In addition, I had one dog that was very manipulative. When I sat down with a plate of food, she would stand there and look as pathetic as I have ever seen and would even well up tears in her eyes, but once I gave her a treat, she would be happy and joyful. I had another animal, a cat, that hoodwinked me out of a steak one day. I was sitting on my porch eating a steak fresh off the grill. It smelled so good. The cat sat there and watched me eat and wanted it really really bad. Next thing I know, the cat's head kind of pops up in the air a little and it looks past me at something behind me that got it's attention and it meows. I turn my head to look and there was nothing there. I look back forward at my plate and the steak is long gone, along with the cat. Antoher story I have just happened this past weekend with my cat. I broke down and bought him a large, two-story, cat play center at Wal-Mart. It was the first time I had bought something so extravagent for him. I sat down with the box and told him "Mama bought you a toy." With those words, he got very excited and tried to help me open the box. I got the box open and poured out the contents onto the carpet (as there was a lot of assembly required) and he started grabbing the different pieces trying to paly with them. I told him, "No, mama has to assemble it." With that, he sat back and watched me assemble it for awhile, but once I had gotten one wall assembled, he decided that was the extent of the toy and started trying to play with that one wall. I told him no, but he wouldn't stop, too excited, so I locked him in the bathroom for a few minutes until I got the rest done. When I finished, I went and opened the bathroom door and, with an excited "meow!" he came trotting very quickly out of the bathroom like a little kid coming down stairs on Christmas morning and went straight to the playcenter and looked at it. He looked at me and then took a few seconds to rubbed up against my leg as if to say thank-you and then ran up and jumped into it. Having a pet is such a joy if you are someone who is able to slow down enough and be patient enough to work with the animal to create an understanding between the two of you.

Yes, animals have the same emotions and even thoughts that we humans have. They are capable of putting two and two together to make four, it just sometimes takes a little longer. Some are even intelligent enough to understand certain phrases and can recognize the habits of their owners and, subsequently, can actually predict what their owners are going to do. They simply can't talk back to us because of the physiological inability to form the same sounds and words we do, but they are able to understand us if we take the time to work with them and use the same phrase over and over again consistently.

This ability is not just secluded to dogs and cats. All mammals have these abilities, including dolphins and whales. Makes you think twice about eating beef, doesn't it? No, I'm not a vegan, but I sure do want to be if I can ever muster up the courage and knowledge to do so. We are all a work in progress and I'm no exception.
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Absolutely dogs have emotions.

You can tell when they're excited and happy, you can tell when they're down or frightened, you can see when they're hurting or angry and you can tell when they miss someone. All you have to do is look!

I don't think people give dogs enough credit - they're extremely smart and empathetic. My dog was my best friend when this girl broke up with me once (back in high school when a breakup was the end of everything you know in the world). She knew I was terribly sad (I'll never forget this) and she came up and quietly sat down beside me, gave my hand a little lick and then just put her head in my lap like she hugged me. It totally made me feel better.
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http://ezinearticles.com/?Your-Dogs-Emotions---Things-Every-Dog-Owner-Shoul...

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Absolute.
Dogs are very like human beings.
You can read from a dogs eyes what she/he feels
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I really dont think that they do. I think emotions are something deeper then what animals feel. For example humans are the only species to blush. There is a logical thought process that goes along with any emotion. Instincts may lead to reactions, however I believe there is a cause and effect relationship with through there interactions with humans. Example being when we are mad they can tell and subsequently react timidly but I really do not consider it emotion as much as instinct. They are reacting to their surroundings. I would like to think they do possess emotion, such as the emotion portrayed in the "red fern grows" but I dont think it goes as deep as many people think it does.

Verdict: Brain just isnt big enough to grasp true emotion. More shallow instinct then thoughtful emotion. Im with Plato and Aristotle when it comes to this.
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http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/ethics_and_the_environment/v006/6.2...

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How do you define emotion? If you define it as feeling sadness, happiness, fear, then YES definitely. So do a lot of other animals. It is just harder to see in them, for us humans! :)
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Of course they do they possess a wide range of emotions manifested in physical forms such as wagging tails and raised ears.
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http://www.paw-rescue.org/PAW/PETTIPS/DogTip_EmotionsInCaninesAndHumans.php

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Absolutely! I think dogs have emotions, just like people do, and I think they have just as unique personalities too.

Personally, I am child free by choice, but I do have furry friends. I have two dogs and a cat, and I can tell you, the two dogs really are more like people than the cat. Or, should I say more dependent upon people interaction than our cat is.

Dogs by nature are people pleasers. They often can pick up on what kind of mood you are in, and are able to read your actions and respond to them accordingly.

Have you ever noticed if you're in a bad mood, your dog might come and comfort you. Or if you're in a good mood, the dog may approach you to play? Dogs experience happiness and sadness just like humans do. Their lives might be simpler than ours, but their feelings are not something to be underestimated.

Mahalo!
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Yes, I think emotions show more in certain breeds. I have a Schnauzer, Lulu, and whenever someone is ill, she is right by them with a sad look and will swipe her paw on their body to let them know she understands and will not leave them until they are better. She also will talk to my other dog, a toy poodle and tell her to be quiet when she barks to much. Both of them also are very happy when people come to visit: They wag their tails and bark a welcome to all.
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I believe dogs do posses emotion. They get scared in thunder and lighting storms and they react to people in both negative a positive ways by licking, barking, etc. These are signs of emotion. Dogs also show their emotions such as anger and depression by "going to the restroom" in the house and/or destroying property.
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Yes, absolutely dogs posess emotions. I have a 3 year old golden that pouts when he gets in trouble, ecstatic when we arrive home from being gone, pants heavily when he is nervous, quivers when he is scared and gets extremely excited when I tell him I have a new toy for him. Definitely full of emotions.
ezinearticles.com has a great article.
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http://ezinearticles.com/?Your-Dogs-Emotions---Things-Every-Dog-Owner-Shoul...

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Absolutely, you can tell by their facial expressions, body posture, barking and wimpering, tail wagging, etc. Dogs who just lost their owner or whose owner is sick show definite signs of despair.
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Dogs have a lot of emotions. They show love, happiness, anger, sadness, and even have depression.
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yes
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me myself and i

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All animals posses emotions.They can feel hurt and they also can tell when others around them are feeling sad angry and most of all they know when people r happy
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Dogs are social creatures. Dogs react strongly to dominance behaviors and feedback.
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Dogs react to emotion.

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When I look at my dog's tail wagging when I walk in the front door and I have no doubt. She is fully capable of being excited and happy.
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Yes, go to this page to read more. http://ezinearticles.com/?Your-Dogs-Emotions---Things-Every-Dog-Owner-Should-Know&id=124805 anyways, case in point these pictures... sadly these pictures are too sad to put here and a story goes with it. ..... kind of reminds me of one of my kittens who died as a baby, and my other kitten who just recently died was laying with it trying to keep it warm and was meowing at me trying to get me to help "fix" the other kitten.

Happy Dog,
http://www.all4humor.com/images/files/Happydog.jpg

Sad Dog,http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1132/860254512_4dc35287f4.jpg?v=0.jpg

Bored Dog,
http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ied2A-3MR9JU-M:http://static.photo.net/attachments/bboard/00S/00SQXz-109366984.jpg

Dog on right Angry, Dog on Left does not understand what he did wrong
http://ipackleader.com/wp-content/themes/thesis/rotator/angry-dog.jpg
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Yes I believe they do. My dogs react in ways that make me say this. Like if they are scolded they will put their head down!
Happiness when you come home I could go on but that is the jist of it!
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Our puppy gets very impatient on his daily drive to the park. This is obvious by the progressive way in which he whines, becoming almost desperate as we approach the parking lot. Clearly not only his biological urges but his social needs imprint on him this 'state of mind'. Does this qualify as an emotion?
What's weird is that when he finally gets to meet the other promenading dogs, after a careful, diplomatic sniffing, he becomes quite aggressive with them. I suppose this is another symptom of an emotion, albeit a different one. I just haven't been able to figure out why he acts like that.
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