I most definitely believe that animals 'sense' things, and not just human ailments, which they do seem to sense. They also seem to recognize the babies of other species, and treat them as babies, even taking care of them and teaching them. Females of many species take the infants of other species and nurse them like they were their own.

Our late, non-barker, 120 lb. Shepherd/Lab mix saved a 3-month-old kitten's life by barking and leading me through the house, until I finally found the kitten bouncing up and down in a deep 'garden' bathtub we'd filled...we had 4 hurricanes in Florida in 2004. The kitten couldn't stand on the bottom of the tub with his head above water even on its hind legs, so he was sinking, and bouncing up, catching a breath and sinking under the cold again. Ziggy had somehow heard the gentle slapping of the water or something because the kitten was not making any noise whatsoever, and he did not stop barking until I rescued the kitten. We are not sure how the kitten got into the tub because we were still building the bathroom and when the hurricanes started, we just filled the tub with water, and blocked it off...or so we thought...from the kittens since they were so small.

Another Shepherd/Lab mix put herself between me and a (bad) Golden Lab that was coming to attack me. The owners knew the dog was bad, and were supposed to have put the dog down months earlier...but didn't and it got out again.

I knew a lady who said her three (3) little doggies kept pawing and scratching at her chest, and she thought it was too odd so went to the doctor where he found she had breast cancer. She'd been having regular negative exams and mammograms, but the doggies knew about the problem.

Oh yeah...they know! I believe it is impossible to convince me otherwise...I have just seen too much of 'untrained' animals helping other animals and humans. In fact, I saw a YouTube video where one dog pulls another dog that has been hit by a car off a very busy highway.

Aren't our animals friends/babies great? ;-)

They are so smart :thumbup:

I really think animals have senses that we just don't have. I saw Dateline or something similar, and this woman had devastating seizures - the kind where you can't leave the house safely. She had become so isolated. Then she was paired w/ a Golden service dog - the doggie could alert her up to 45mins before the seizure - - so then she could get herself to a safe place.

That is just awesome! :)

i have diabetes and i have been sick since Christmas had been doing good so i over did it my lil one has not left me since monday as i sit here typing this she is in my lap she has gotten me up 3 times this week in the middle of the night and hubby once to check on me all 4 times i was having a low blood sugar she is 28 months old and has never had any training she was 15 weeks old when i got her with in a week of getting her she was waking me up the man i got her from also had diabetes not sure if that has anything to do with it or not all i know is yes she knows when i'm sick

I know they do. I have a new girl Abbie that sleeps on my pillow at night. I was diagnosed with small vessel ischemia in my brain. Which is basically my veins in my brain are too small for enough blood to get through causing me Migraines. I had taken Verapamil from 2005 til 2010 My Dr. took me off of them. For an entire year I didn't have Migraines just small headaches. Around the middle of this year the Migraines started back up. Abbie came to my home at the End of November and at night when my headaches would start she would start licking the top of my head. After the first couple of times I started to understand she was warning me that I was getting a headache. Now when she does this I can get up and take aleve and i don't get a headache or a migraine.