I believe it. My dogs always knows when I am trying to sneak out of the house without them.

This is, to put is nicely, a stupid article. You are discussing dogs, duh, anyone believing dogs can reason and reason about deception is a borderline idiot. This is more of the nonsense about dogs that has overboard. Grow up, dogs are dogs, and try relating to people. Get a life.

This is, to put is nicely, a stupid article. You are discussing dogs, duh, anyone believing dogs can reason and reason about deception is a borderline idiot. This is more of the nonsense about dogs that has overboard. Grow up, dogs are dogs, and try relating to people. Get a life.

What's the matter stan h? You seem....irritated. A little intimidated? The fact that you can't accept that some animals may have a bit more smarts that you give them credit for just shows how unintelligent humans can be. Get a book. Read it. Learn something. Then maybe instead of being jealous of a dog, you can feel smart and be a little less closed minded and cranky? It was a great article.

It sounds like Stan H has "my penis is smaller than a dog penis" envy....

Wonderful video...

As someone who works with dogs on a daily basis I have seen some of this behavior. For instance, I am working with a dog right now that is totally deaf and is missing an eye and is only partially sighted (about 50%) in her remaining eye. I have seen some of studies about dogs picking up on human cues, this true and it is true in their communication with each other as well but when working with this particular dog, who cannot hear me and really can't see detail and sees me in a blurry manner, I have seen her respond to me like she can hear me as I train her. I know from experience that what you think and feel behind the words or movements towards your dog has an effect on them and they will feel an impression of what you were trying to get across or sometimes even when you don't want them to know something they can feel it from you. Dogs have the intelligence of a 2 year old child so think of the 2 year olds in your life or ones you have met and spent time with, they are aware of much more then you think.

I would never be without a dog in my home/life but there a lot of people that I would never even consider letting in my life or home.If you take time to get to know a dog and interact with them, you will find them to be more company and they are smarter than most of the people I know. (They don't leave the toilet seat up and they don't pee on the rim either) I have 3 furbabies and I would walk out in front of of a truck for either one of them and I know that they would do the same for me. Why? Because they love unconditionally...something that we humans could learn a lesson or two about. Saw a bumper sticker a long time ago that said "The more people I meet, the more I like my dog..." Enough said!!!!

I would never be without a dog in my home/life but there a lot of people that I would never even consider letting in my life or home.If you take time to get to know a dog and interact with them, you will find them to be more company and they are smarter than most of the people I know. (They don't leave the toilet seat up and they don't pee on the rim either) I have 3 furbabies and I would walk out in front of of a truck for either one of them and I know that they would do the same for me. Why? Because they love unconditionally...something that we humans could learn a lesson or two about. Saw a bumper sticker a long time ago that said "The more people I meet, the more I like my dog..." Enough said!!!!

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*Yawn.

I have always had furry pals and believe me they sense things!! Every time we are going away on vaction my dogs and cat just know@@ I got to the point where I would sneek my luggage in the house and hide it so they would not go hide! They still knew when we were leaving and go hide because they did not want to go to the boarding hotel!! When ever I would try to sneek a walk without my dog he give me that sneeky pete look like you are not fooling any buddy!! My dog loves to watch other animal on TV and he knows them by name,racoon,horse,bunny rabbit,Geico no joke he knows the difference!! He would run to the TV and I LOOK there are no animals, then out of no where an animal would appear on TV and I would say there is no way he can sense another animal on TV before it is shown, but he would do it time after time!! So I am a true beliver that animal"'s have an amazing "SOMETHING" that us humans do not have, call it what you WANT!!! I alway say if something terrible happens in this world you better follow your pets, they truely have that 6th sense. I have so many unexplained animal tales!! All I know is that we underestimated these creatures!!

I know this to be true. I had a dalmation who was so in touch with my feelings. She knew when I was happy & would bring me toys to play with her, she knew when I was sad & sat with me for hours never leaving my side for hours & licking me constantly, she knew when I was sick & stayed with me. When my daughter was a small child I was making dinner & placd her in her playpen while I started dinner. I would check on her every few minutes, but at one point when I was pealing potatos my dalmation cam into the room whimpering and kept heading towards the family room. The first time I ignored it, but when she wouldn't give up I followed her to see what was wrong. As soon as I got to the other room I noticed my daughter was chocking on one of her age-approiate toys....thanks to my dalmation, she saved my daughter's life & she knew what she was doing! Oh, by the way, it's not only dogs.....cats too have this ability! Both my cats have this ability now and I have many stories

Hey Stan, get bent! My last dog, a Rottweiler,was very good at sensing my moods and she was a heck of a lot smarter and more loyal than most people I have had the misfortune to know. The saying is true, the more I value the company of my critters and you sound like one of those people that fit into that category.

Stan h..you moron!!

If dogs are so smart, then why did my last dog (God Bless her) run out into an intersection on our way to the park and get hit by a hit & run driver (that jerk!)?

hey kaka 123. ever heard of spell check? Jesus!

Without going way out I have had two dogs that were able to read mind pictures. I believe the term is telepathic. One was 1/2 Coyote and the other I have now was born deaf. Most dogs have some ability to do this but it depends a lot on how good you are at forming mind pictures. With the Coydog it worked both ways although the dog was better at it than I was. I could at times actually get messages from her the best example was when she got locked in a trailer for three days and when I finally opened the communication I immediately knew exactly where she was. Upon letting her out she complained for several minutes that I had been "off line" too long..

I would like to share a story that exemplifies the amazing perception and sensitivity of a dog. When my dad was dying of cancer, his dog "Jerry" a German Sheppard, sat next to his bed for hours on end. At the hour of his passing, the hospice nurse asked my mom if she could hear the sound was that was coming from the garage below the bedroom where my father lay taking his last breaths. It was my dad's dog, making the most mournful sounding cry you could imagine. The 'crying' was unlike any sound we had ever heard him make before.
The following week we had a memorial at our home. We planted a tree in his honor. Each guest took a shovel full of dirt and placed it in the tree's hole and then said a few words or a story about my dad. Then the "Jerry's" moment came. He very deliberately took his turn, walked up and around the tree 2 times and then carefully placed his favorite toy at it's base. He stopped and gazed at the crowd who stood watching in shocked amazement. It was the same toy that my dad would, in those last days, weakly toss from his bed across the room for Jerry to retrieve.
There may be some that read this story and think this is just a coincidence. That we, as humans, have a tendency to assign human emotions to animal behaviors. All I can say to that is if you were there and saw the sadness in that poor dogs eyes and his deliberate actions, you would have no doubt his intent at that moment was to honor my father's memory.

Jerry was never the same after my dad passed. He died of liver cancer 6 months later. The same cancer that killed my father.

I have no doubt they are now reunited and playing ball again. Thank you for listening.

I had a Cattledog (Skidboot's breed) and having dogs most of my life can attest to the fact that they truly are a unique breed.
I would say Stan does not know what he's talking about. Some People !