Are My Doggies psychic?

Molly41

Im at home all day as I'm disabled. I have two westies who spend their days sleeping, guarding their territory (very successfully), playing and eating with a couple of walks for good measure! They are my life and make my days worthwhile.

I often wonder if my dogs are psychic? They can be sound asleep on their backs dreaming their doggy dreams when I think to myself I should make some food. I dont move just sit and there they are, instantly roused, sat beside me ready to accompany me to the kitchen for whatever treats fall on the floor. It happens just the same with other activities such as walks.Kids Dad will often walk them but again he just has to think walkies and they are off prancing to the front door to get their leads. It happens in reverse for unpleasant tasks such as bath time, worming and flea application. I just have to think it and they are off up the stairs, hiding under the bed as they know I cant get them there:eek: I have to say that i dont follow a strict routine because of my health. I eat at very odd times of the day or night, they have walks whenever there is someone to do it.

I know dogs are very sensitive. I once worked with a little girl whose Jack Russell Terrier could sense an impending fit and he had not been trained like some dogs. But this is not physical. I dont move...I just think things and intuitively they are there. I wondered what other people's experiences are of this?

hethmar

Hi, Ive often thought the same. Mine can be sound asleep and suddenly will sit up and listen for "dad" to come in the driveway. This may be up to a minute of so before he does. And its not like he comes home at a regular time I wonder if their hearing is SO good they can hear his engine or the sound of the tyres on the road, dips in the road, some such that they recognise.

Same with baths and food. I just wonder if you do actually give unconscious body language signs to them that they sense. They are animals who are tuned in to every tiny movement and sound (because of survival) and we may make a movement that they associate with the actions that will follow. On a big scale, I know my Diggs will go and hide under a table if he sees me go to the airing cupboard, LOL, as he associates that with me getting his towel for the B-A-T-H. Soon as he sees that his towel isnt in my hand, out he comes wagging . Same if my husband picks up his shoes - the boys both rush to the door anticipating dad going outside.

With fitting or diabetic comas, dogs are sensitive to the changes in the smells of our skin. I believe they are actually training dogs to sense cancers now.

Amazing animals, what would we do without these brilliant companions.

adviceforall

I have 3 dogs who i'm sure are mind readers. As the OP said as soon as I think I will take them out before I have even moved they are running excitedly around ready and waiting to go. I too have mobility problems so its not a routine time either.
When i am coming down with an infection ( before Dr confirming) and i'm feeling cold 2 of them will come and snuggle up either side of me like little hot water bottles lol ( heat pad on my back and a dog either side)

Sagz_2

Hmmmm I'd like to think so but I think they are just REALLY good on picking up signs and signals that we miss. Whatever prompts you to think about feeding or walking them they will have spotted too, you probably don't even notice the prompt - it could be a glance at the clock, a TV/Radio programme finishing, any tiny thing.

We humans are too busy worrying about mortgages, jobs, kids or the price of the weekly shop but our pets don't have these concerns so can concentrate on watching us and picking up on cues as to what's about to happen.

One of my old dogs used to run and fetch his food bowl when there was a knock at the door...... because it was only ever the local takeaways that knocked! :rotfl:

jess1974

When i was growing up our cat was a bit like this, she would walk through the estate at 10pm every night to meet my mum from work, i always wondered how she knew it was 10pm....

Lirin

Dogs are often more sensitive than humans- a lot of animals are. When I learnt to horseride, I was discouraged from voicing commands- I was told to sit still, and think the command. It does work, though it feels a bit strange. It is possible they pick up on subtle body movements.

My dogs will sit calmly, but will suddenly jump and wait at the door for a few minutes before my partner arrives home- he walks, and there is a good bit of footfall in our area. His working shifts can mean erratic timing as well.

I'm like all the above- I think walk or food, and they will sit up and look attentively at me. Dogs are very attuned to sensitivity and changes in their environment, and maybe it just appears psychic.

When I'm sick- was recently- nothing terrible, just a raging flu- the Collie would continually sit with his paw over me, and 'cuddle' up.

foreign_correspondent

I think they pick up on signals we cannot even know we give off - I believe a dog can hear your heartbeat from 6 feet away, so who knows what phsiological changes happen when we are thinking about doing something - maybe heart rate increases a tiny bit, and they recognise that?

Having said that, my dad's dog definitely knows if you are going outside to go to your car, or to the shed, or if you are really leaving... if you are just popping out for a moment, he isnt interested... if you are about to go, he barks!

Youdontseeme

When I moved down south, my dog (God bless him) went to live with my parents. For Mothers 60th I went up for a surprise visit, only my sister knww I was going.

Turned up on the doorstep yelling "surprise!!!" for my Mum to say "I knew you were coming cause Williams been sleeping on your bed for three days" apparently he always did it when I was about to visit.

Mother always thought he knew cause she would change sheets and tidy up etc. after that was convinced it was a doggy 6th sense kind of thing.

YDSM

Caspian

Bless. My boy cat always, without fail, gently wakes me up about ten minutes before my alarm clock goes off. He either kneads my back, washes my hand or places his paw (claws in) on my head. This, I must add, is brill during the week but is a pain at the weekend.

He also hops onto the window cill when I am parking my car.

Caroline_a

My dog is more psychotic than psychic... he's just a nutter...:rotfl:I shall be so glad when he's not an ASBO teenager any more!!

Lirin

My Lab was barking furiously this morning. Got up to tell her off, and realised the time- was five minutes after I normally leave for work.

She got a treat for that!