Time for Dogs - Page 2

I think he knew the time, because he'd be out there 15 minutes before.  They also know what time we wake up, and the time they are to go outside in the a.m. 

My dogs are just smart.  

They must have some sort of internal clock or something because my girl will jump up on the back of the couch every day at 5:30 p.m. and wait for dad to come home (he usally gets home at 5:40).  She will wait there watching out the window until he pulls in the driveway and then meets him at the door.

Maybe the dogs smell your fear of coming home to the spouse. Everyone knows dogs smell fear!

For another point of view, take a look at the writings of Dr. Rupert Sheldrake. I believe he's a biologist but he has done research in energy fields. One of his book titles is something like The dog Who Knew When His Owner Was Coming Home. A second is The Feeling of Being Stared At. (Not exact titles but close.) When I am traveling with my dog by car, at some proximity (I don't always take the same route) to a family member's house and one of either two pet stores, he will get very vocal and excited. Even if I take a novel route, the same thing happens.  

Every night at 7 my red sable female starts bugging me for her supper and I may have just gotten home and fed but a couple of hours before-she also know when the dang alarm is going to go off in the mornings and starts pestering me-of course then the others just have to join in-she is exceedingly intellgent.

I think that this is true. We here, have to set our clocks back in the fall. When I set my clocks back they still insisted on being fed the same time if it were that time before changing the clock. They still come to me an hour early to eat. So, it proves there is no fooling them.
I find that my dog also knew when it was time for my daughter to come home, even though each day, she didn't have the same exact time for her to be off. But, the dog remember each specific time and which days she'd be getting off. She would sound off like clock work and it was the bark she uses for my daughter. I thought that was pretty amazing. No one would believe me, but when he would have the day off, he was shocked to see the dog going off and thinking she'd be pulling in and she did.

I do know these raections with dogs, over the long time having dogs, I experienced many of them.
The last dog I had, a "Busecker Schloß" female, was there when our son was born. We did not believe to have our newborn in our bedroom, so he had his own room. Gypsy always slept in our bedroom, but from day 1, when Christopher was home she slept in his room. Now you might call me crazy, but Gypsy would come into our bedroom, go over to my wifes bed, lick her nose, not stopping untill my wife would wake up. And every time, a few minutes later Christopher would wake up ! She must have had a sense for that, I know , I cant explain it any other way.
Lucky for me, and the good dog she was, she never woke me up ! Good Girl ! RIP Gypsy, we still miss you and ocassionally call Anka Gypsy !
Ulli