Hi amoore,
I think that animals can sense when we are feeling unhappy or when we are sick, Lindsey my 17 year old that rescued Grover for me, used to have a Chihuahua, by the name of Bart, and anytime she go sick, he was right there sleeping on top of her. She lost that little dog when she was nine years old, it wondered out to somebodys elses house and they gave it to their aunt, who gave it to her daughter. We posted pictures in the newpaper and offered reward for his safe return,(and think about this, I had put a tattoo in his ear, so he would be easily known by us) and the first person told us he had gaven it to his aunt, we went to her and she told us that it had been there, but had ran off, and was probably dead. Then we go a call from an unknown person that told us this woman had given the dog to her daughter. I has a deputy sheriff go down and question the people and found out that the daughter gave it back to her mother and then sold it to a man in Alabama, and when we called him he said it had ran off. He was going to use Bart as a breeder, I don't know if Bart actually ran away or not, but the Sheriff's deputy ( who knew the woman that took it from my little girl) told us we just as well leave it alone. This old woman stood right in front of my little nine year old daughter who was crying her little eyes out, and told her that her little dog ran off from her house and was probably dead by that time. I was so very angry when I finally found out the truth. Her daughter and me had a very heated conversation on the phone where I told her, he mother would go to hell taking a very loved puppy from a child. My little girl left a letter to Santa asking him to please bring Bart back to her, that was all she wanted for Christmas, it broke my herart because I knew she would never get her little friend back, that took such good care of her when she was sick or sad. But yes dogs and cats do sense our emotions, or at least thats what I think and believe. So I know that Tiny does give you a lot of happiness and joy, so just go ahead and call her tiny clown.