Dog Sense

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I believe in it, but it definitely depends on the dog. If you've
got a dog that flips out over almost every person they meet,
they're not a very reliable measuring stick. But if your dog
loves everybody and seems in tune with people, I'd trust their
instincts, if they all of sudden didn't like somebody.

Murph hasn't shown any in tune ability, but Maddie has.
She woke me up growling at the window one night. I got up
to check it out. The back door to the house was right next
to my bedroom door and when I reached for the bedroom door knob, she
started whining, as if to say "NO don't go out there". I flipped
on the lights and then went back to the bed to get my gun to be
at the ready, but by the time I got the gun out of the nightstand,
she stopped all whining and growling. She's never done that
since then, so I really think somebody was in my back yard and
the lights being turned on scared them off.

She also went ballistic one night when I was watching X-files.
I got scared during one part and she started snarling and
growling at the TV set. She wouldn't stop, until I changed the
channel. I think she sensed my fear, so she was going to
protect me from the object of my fear. I figure if she can sense
my fear than she more than likely could pick up signs of someone
wishing me ill will too. So yeh I'd trust Maddie without question.

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