Can pets read human emotions?

Yes pets can read humans emotions which other humans cannot understand. I think pets are more reliable than the human beings and they lovable too.

I definitely think that pets can read human emotion and even human illness. The reason behind my answer is that I have two dogs and any time I am upset or not feeling well, my small dog will want to lay in my lap or he will stay very close to me until I am feeling better. But he is my daughter's dog and he is very loyal to her, so he normally chooses to be close to her. Same goes for my big dog, but generally she spends her time with all who live in our home.

My boyfriend and I were seriously JUST discussing this last night!
I honestly believe some do. One of mine does. I have two dogs and one is very much the stereotypical big, goofy, loyal dog while the other is a stereotypical fiesty small dog.
Big goofy Rosie seems to know when my anxiety is about to flare up even before I do. I have panic disorder and she immediately calms down from playing and comes to cuddle me. She knows when I am sick, also. I sometimes think she is just connected to me in some way.

Yeah!! Dogs and cats are among few pets that can read human emotions. Certain changes happen in the odor, body shape, body language, mood and behavior of humans can easily be noticed by pets. It’s my personal experience. My Labrador can understand my emotion. When I feel sad or happy, he also feels the same with me.

There are few studies in this regard that you must read:

https://www.petsworld.in/blog/study-says...-dogs.html

http://www.pet360.com/dog/behavior-and-t...09W06XFiyw

I definitely feel that pets are in-tune to human emotions. My pets are snugglers, but with my dog especially I'm not always the first choice to go to for a snuggle. I don't stay still enough for him because I'm restless all the time. But I've been having some really hard times recently, and when I cry or feel sad he always comes over to me and stays by my side, and he gives me lots of kisses to try to cheer me up. My cat is the same. While the dog is often downstairs, my room is upstairs, and the cat prefers to sleep up here. When I start having a break down she's usually the first to notice, so she's the first to run over to me and curl up on my lap, purring and comforting me.

I think animals can also sense when a human is sick. When my mum had the flu a while back, the dog didn't leave her side for one moment. She stayed in bed for days, and he only left her side for meals and bathroom breaks. Other then that, he wanted to be there with her the whole time. He does the same when my illness gets particularly bad.