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I read about a man and his dog who got lost in the woods and the man had eventually died. But when he was found it was too late for him but his dog was lying next to the decomposed body. they had been missing for a month or so.
What a loyal dog.
There was also a story about An Akita that would follow his owner to the train station everyday. the owner would get on the train and the dog woud walk back home. than at like 5:00 the dog would go back to the station and pick up his owner. one day the dog dropped his owner off and he died at work. Every day after the deat the dog would walk to the Train Station at 5:00 to pick up his master. the dog did this till he died at the age of 13 years.
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I have seen a lot of wonderful pet stories, including the dog dragging the hunter with a heart attack, on "Its a Miracle" on PAX TV. I love that channel! They also had one on a cat that got a lady to go outside when she was hurt or sick and it turned out that there was a major gas leak in the neighborhood. Aren't our pets wonderful? Mine just let me know if there is anything, I mean ANYTHING, suspicious going on outside! Just love them! http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/biggrin.gif http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/biggrin.gif http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/biggrin.gif
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The dog who waited at the train station for all those years was a Japanese Akita dog. My husband is Japanese, and he says there is a big memorial site, with a statue of the dog, honoring his devotion!! Every time I hear that story I could cry. There is also a dog in England who laid by his masters' GRAVE (how did he know that is was him buried there?) until the dogs' death many years later. They buried the dog next to the master and erected a statue to him too! Just incredible!
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I think we don't know our own pets strengths until they are tested. I remember when my Dad, who is a very big guy, was in the yard one day with our dog of the time, a female St. Bernard. The yard was covered in snow and ice, and Dad fell, and thought he would hurt the dog as well as he was falling toward her. (Yes, she was a big dog, but he outweighed her by at least 50 pounds, and was falling from his full 6-foot height). She realized what was happening and just braced herself, so he fell across her back, and she "caught" him so not even his knees hit the hard ice. She didn't even sag, or slip, just held steady on the ice until he recovered, and stood back up. Only then did she look at him as if to say "What was that about?" A small moment, but we had no idea she could hold that much weight, falling with that much force, with almost no effort!
She was also the dog who, as sweet and gentle and non-combative as Saints tend to be, would spring into action if she felt anyone was being threatened. My parents decided to test this once, and my Dad made a fist and aimed it toward my mom. Before it got anywhere near her, his whole hand was encased (and enslimed) in Freckle's mouth, very gently but quite firmly. No fist, even in jest, was gonna get near Mommy! It then became a game for them, but we had no doubt that if real violence entered our home, she would have instantly prevented it!
As for dogs being psychic - I don't know if this counts as physic, but I once met a dog on the subway whose unsuspected, extraordinary abilities came to the fore when his owner (call him Steve) took a job as an overnight caretaker at a facility for mentally handicapped adults. This dog, a Jack Russell terrier, suddenly ran to a patients doorway one night, looking frantically back to Steve. When Steve didn't "get" it, the dog ran back and forth between Steve and the doorway. When Steve finally got up to figure out what his "crazy" dog was up to, he found the patient having an epileptic seizure. One the Jack's behaviour was recognized, Steve learned to react as soon as he did, and soon realized he usually got to the patient BEFORE a seizure began! http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/eek.gif
[This message has been edited by Karen (edited November 29, 2000).]
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Well, this is a small thing, but relates to the topic. Years ago, we had a beagle/terrier mix named Daisy. I was sitting on our front porch and thought I'd try an experiment with Daisy. I thought "Daisy, come" at her and didn't shift position at all and she came to me. I tried this two or three times and I might have called mentally more than once, but she came and she was used to running free and not minding at all. So, yes, I believe dogs are psychic as well as having highly developed senses and a deep sense of time. They are really, really amazing and I also believe they dream -- our Shiloh sometimes howls in her sleep -- now, that's an eerie sound!
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tatsxx11, a dog in England?!? As a Scot myself I have to say something!! The dog you are talking about is Greyfriars Bobby the Skye Terrier who lay every day on his master's grave from his death in 1858 to 1872! Bobby was presented with a collar by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. He was painted and photographed and was the subject of a novel written in 1912 by Eleanor Atkinson. This inspired many films about him including a weepie made by Disney.
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Yes Carrie! The facts were a little fuzzy in my mind and though I've many times spoken of the dogs' name, it escaped me! And yes, Scotland, not England. Thanks for the clarification. Right, as usual!!!
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To any of you guys who watch "Miracle Pets," the episode where the dog (lab?) drags the hunter who had a heart attack 2 miles to safety is on tonight at 8pm; at least in the northeast. Have to watch that one again! Teena, I know you saw this one!
[This message has been edited by tatsxxx11 (edited December 05, 2000).]
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