Puppies. Have you ever had a dog who gave birth to puppies? If not, then you might not know what I'm talking about. When puppies are born it's usually at least a week before they start opening their eyes. Their ears open first. But they are born with both closed. So, no sight and limited hearing. I don't know how acute their sense of smell at birth is. Probably nobody does. Now, what I'm very interested in is the fact that puppies dream. Before their eyes and ears open. Almost everyone has seen a dog dream. They might growl or bark in a muffled way, twitch their legs and paws in such a way that they look as if they are running or fighting. Sometimes they even dream about nursing, as if they were still puppies, and make sucking noises. So what I'm wanting to know is that if the puppies haven't opened their eyes and have limited hearing, what exactly could they be dreaming about? They show the same signs as adult dogs with all the twitching and barking and growling, but they haven't actually SEEN another dog. It's a baby's mind and they can't analyze the shape of another dog from feeling their pack mates. So what do they dream of? It's a question that I can't have answered in this life, that's for sure. It's a good question tho. Does this point toward some type of inherited memory? Does it indicate reincarnation or a kind? Could R.E.M. for them be simply an instinctive thing? Weird thought, eh?