Yep, dogs can surely have and show emotion. When I carried my Golden in for his demise, he knew exactly what was going on. Once we sat down and I put his head on my lap, he just loooooooked at me totally motionless and he totally knew what was up... and I freakin lost it right after he was gone. Excuse me while I get this dust out of my eyes......I'm waiting for his buddy to pass to spread their ashes together up at one of our regular camping/fishing spots.