Dogs are so intuitive
 

Lola usually takes great measures to make sure she's always on the opposite side of the room as my daughter, who is 2 1/2 yrs old. Not that my daughter is mean to her or anything, but I think this loud, bouncy, hyper skin kid just freaks her out a little. :p Well, my daughter has been really sick this week with a cold and just hasn't been her normal, vivacious self. So this morning, my daughter was laying in her little princess couch watching Caillou, halfway zonked out because of the cold medicine, and Lola went and sat down next to her and just watched her for a while. When my daughter didn't move, Lola walked right up and starting licking her face. :wub: They just seem to know when something isn't quite right, don't they? :)

Awwww! Bet that was cute. Yes. They are very intuitive and very smart. Just try fake crying and they are right there trying to mend your broken heart!:p

Awww, how sweet:love: Yep, these little furry ones are so smart!

Yes they are. When My Husband hurt his foot both our yorkies would lick his foot

Lola sounds absolutely precious:) How nice to know she's looking out for your little one!

That reminds me of something that happened to us many many moons ago when my 30 yr old son was a baby. We had a mixed breed dog (beagle and bassett) that loved the kids to death. One night I was watching tv and heard a really strange noise but since I couldn't identify it I ignored it. But the dog didn't. He trotted off down the hall and was gone for just a few seconds then came running back into the living room. He kept running back and forth until I got up to see what was going on. He led me into the baby's room where my little one lay in his crib. The baby was almost purple and and not breathing. I scooped him up and gave him a couple of breaths and he started crying. After crying he coughed this horrible sounding cough (the noise I heard before) and started choking. He was able to come out of that but we headed to the emergency room pronto. He was diagnosed with walking pnuemonia. Evidently he coughed up a couple of thick masses of flim that plugged his airway. The doctor compared our experience to avoiding crib death, because he had been as healthy and well as he could be when I put him down. He spent the night in the hospital and I was able to bring him home the next day with all kinds of medications and special instructions. Until the baby got well, the dog spent every minute with him. He would even sleep under his crib at night and a cough would wake him up out of a dead sleep.
I was absolutely amazed at that dog's behavior, and you are right; dogs are very intuitive. I think that they are so great about kids because the kids don't clutter their minds and are easier to read than adults are. But there ar dogs that are atuned to adults too. Just look at the service dogs that warn about seazures!

Lou, that is a great story!

Lou, that's amazing! That dog probably saved your son's life. I'm still amazed at how they react to kids. My other dogs pretty much avoid my daughter, but my boxer wanted to be with her all the time from the day we brought her home from the hospital. He would sleep next to her crib, follow her around the house as soon as she was old enough to crawl and walk, and even now she "walks" him around the house half the day with his leash, and he just loves it. :)