Cross Breeds

Do dogs and cats think in pictures?

I have a German shepard and a rare breed of cat so i was wondering.

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1. know they think in thought
2. Do dogs think? There is much debate about this. As we increasingly humanize and anthropormorphisize our dogs, we attribute our thought processes and language to them. Behaviorists call this "theory of mind," the human tendency to ascribe our thought processes to other living beings, especially dogs and cats, with whom we are the closest. Increasingly, we see them as members of our family, soulmates, kindred spirits and we replace our thoughts and motivations for theirs ("Heather chewed up the carpet because she is mad at me for working late." I believe that dogs do think, but not like humans, and not in our language. I'm with the many behaviorists who believe that the inside of a dog's head is probably something like a DVD, with sensory images whizzing through. They think, and reason, of course, but not like us. People often see their dogs as being "good" or "bad," but I think both terms are inappropriate for any animal. Dogs don't get up and make moral choices ("I will bit Jon today, because I don't like him." As wonderful and instinctive animals, they react to stimuli and to their many great instincts (we seem to undervalue instincts. We want to make them more like us, so we put our emotions on them and think we know what they are "thinking". It's important to remember that they don't have language, and can't construct complex human-like narratives. So I do believe that dogs think, but not the way we do. Message Edited by LitEditor on 11-02-2006 11:23 AM 11-02-2006 11:17 AM
3. Everything thinks, just in different ways. Take for example when you bring back directions to a place you want to go from your memory. Most of the time your brain isn't narrating the directions, you just know it since it's there. Animals probably think that way, unless remembering verbal commands or specific objects to find.
4. i have seen lots of pictures with dogs and cats in them--and yes..they did seem to be in deep thought