What is your dog thinking??

I have thought, many times, and heard other people say that they wish they knew what their dog/cat/pet is thinking.

Animals don’t have language like we do, at least as far as we can tell. So that would not work, because our thoughts are based on language. What if, though – we could know what emotion our pet is experiencing? Because animals experience emotions. If you don’t believe that, I think you don’t have a soul. But if you could look into your pet’s eyes and know that they are feeling longing, love, anger, fear, apprehension or just lost in general…. how much better would that make our relationship with them? I know for a fact that dogs and cats can feel whatever emotions you are experiencing, and can respond accordingly. Now, with cats, it’s questionable how they react, but with dogs…. Dogs want to make any negative emotion better and enhance any positive emotion. They take action to do so. They cuddle when you’re upset, they lick your face or hug you when you’re sad, they get excited and wag their tail when you’re happy, they bark when you’re afraid.

I want the ability to do the same type of thing for my dogs, present and future. I just don’t know how.