dogs have a higher level of perception than we as humans know...my wife was going thru some severe medical treatments and she insisted on taking care of my dogs while I worked a 6 month Turn Around...when was was not ill the dogs ran and rough housed with each other and basically gave her somewhat of a hard time...when the meds mad her ill the dogs were calm and would walk along side her and were very gentle...
I had a dog at the vet because of a big cut he had and at about 2 am my pack of dogs at home started howling very mournfully for a while...I woke up my wife so she could listen to them...I told her Redman has died at the vets office...I called the vet the next morning and the vet said the dog had passed that night of water in the lungs...
I have a few more similar stories about what dogs can feel or know that we do not unless we see with our own eyes...dogs also look at body language, they smell what we are feeling, and they pay lot's of attention to the tone of our voices...one man can discipline his dogs and the dogs will run from him and another man can discipline his dogs and the dogs are not afraid of their master but want to please him...
Coming from you I completely believe the story I have hi-lighted in red, it really is crazy to sit back and think about that though. Talking about animal behavior has always been a topic I enjoy discussing and reading into....... our 4 legged friends are pretty impressive animals when you really take the time to sit back and look at all that they are capable of and the subtle things they do in certain situations.
This reminds me of the multiple stories i've read in the past about not just dogs but all animals seeking out shelter in advance of a hurricane or large storm.....completely different situation but also quite impressive that they have the insight or instinct I should say to notice minute changes around them and adjust/adapt to survive in situations like these.......animals are pretty durn impressive as a whole.
