Dog sense...

[Jodi]

My neighbor had a friend over the other day... she had brought her dog with her. Apparently, Ryan had gone over to the neighbor's house with my older son, and my neighbor said the dog walked up to Ryan and sat next to him - between him and another dog. The neighbor asked her friend "did you see that?" And the friend said (about the dog) "he used to work in a children's hospital with kids like him". My neighbor said that the dog sensed his condition and was kinda protecting him.

Any of you ever heard of this? Just curious. Our puppy, which is now a huge golden retriever, has really become Ryan's dog. She is very protective of him (in a good way - not aggressive) and she plays with him all the time. I kinda feel silly posting this but wondered about it... I've really never heard of dogs sensing this kind of stuff.

Jodi

[Jessie]

Not silly! I've always felt animals, dogs especially (that's why they are man's best friend), can sense a good soul. And, I believe they can sense someone that may need extra protection. Our dog Toby is the most wonderful dog in the world. He's not a guard dog by any sense of the imagination . . . but the way he is Jason's best friend is absolutely priceless.



Jessie

[Chris]

We have a little yorkie/shi tsu mix who has bitten several children. I was so afraid that we would have to find a new home for him after Sarah was born. I was surprised when we brought her home and Oliver followed her where ever she was. He was very cautious around her for several years and now they are best friends. Thank goodness!

A man at our church has a seeing eye dog who is crazy about Sarah. He prefers her to anyone. Makes you wonder why the dog picked her. It may be just because she gets so excited when she sees him. Anyway, it's fun to watch. Everytime we start to walk in the church, Sarah starts signing dog and looking for him.

To answer your question, yes, I think dogs can sense when people are kind or in need of extra protection.

Chris

[Pat]

I raise English Springer Spanials, the male never jumps, I can't say that for the ladies, but they won't jump on John-John, as a matter of fact they will lay down or sit quietly for him.
Pat

[CC]

I have heard that many times actually. Some breeds much better with kids, people... then others, least in my opinion.

Last time we were at Disney we were at a restaurant waiting to be seated, was a bit crowded and out of no where a service dog came right up to Chris out of all in the crowd I started talking to the owner and she told me the dog was for her son who was handicap and was on a break as the Dad of the child was taking the child to the boys room and she shared with me bout how the dog worked with her son and she told me she was not surprised one bit that the dog went right over to Chris. She told me this dog just seem to always go right up to ones that had some kind of handicap. Amazing but then again did you ever watch the old show LASSIE. OMG I loved that show and now realize I am giving my age away by bringing up that show LOL

CC ~

[Valerie]

We have a little terrier, actually my older son's dog, had him since he was 9. He is truly Derek's dog, but he does protect Nicholas. If there's a strange person in the house, he will stay between that person and Nicholas. If we're outside and a stray dog comes in the yard, he will very aggressively chase it away and not let it near Nicholas. But if Nicholas isn't outside, other dogs don't seem to bother him at all.