How did Kaiser know? - Page 1

This usually quiet German Shepherd just wouldn't stop barking, and for good reason. What do you think, do dogs have ESP? 

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Nice story.  Good dog!

Certainly not ESP; just a dog's acute hearing and sense of smell and alerting to something out of the norm in its environment.  He obviously heard the lady calling for help when the humans couldn't hear her, poor thing, and he may also have been able to smell the "pool of blood."

WOW:  What a boy...

I agree, what a good boy. I don't think every dog would do this. He must have felt the distress, even though it was three houses away! Seems amazing since he wasn't involved with this elderly neighbor.

.My husband tells a story about his GSD Bob, back in the '70's. Bob lived where our Wolf now lives, with Yvonne in her home, my husband's old home. Bob used to be the protector & patrol-dog of the neighborhood, as Wolf is today. One of Carl's neighbors just hated Bob, didn't like his looks, & especially hated his bark. But when she fell down in her house, Bob barked & made such a fuss, running to that side of the yard & barking at her house, that the neighbors, including Carl, finally investigated, & found the old lady on the floor. She was treated at the local hospital & lived a good many years after that, but she never had a bad word to say about Bob again, & brought him treats regularly.
Our own dogs watch out for our neighbors. When our Lil' Bit would visit next door neighbor, she would run up the porch stairs, lick the man's shoe, & run back down, & watch the neighbors activities with adoring eyes. Our neighbors wife was terribly afraid of dogs, although she said she loved our puppies, she was too frightened to touch them. She would watch them out the window, smile at them, & wave. She's send them leftovers, & generally spoiled them, even tho' she never got up the nerve to pet them. Then she got terribly ill, & passed away. Her dear husband was inconsolable. For the first time in all her 2 1/2 years of life Lil' Bit insisted , not only on visiting our neighbor, but on going inside his house. She never, ever, would have done that while his wife was alive. But she pushed her way in, put her paws on his knees, & licked him, & licked him, & licked him, like she was trying to wash away his sorrow.
Our dogs are so very in tune with our emotions. Whether they smell our body chemistry change, or pick up on subtle signals from body language, or just plain read our minds, they always know what's up. Without fail, they know! jackie harris

Nice story, Kali.

Heartwarming, Very heartwarming...

Thanks for sharing

SteveO

My Bad Bee Tree!

I had opened another window with the story of Kaiser in it and while it was downloading I read the comments.  I was so moved by Kali's story that I forgot about the download and made my note to Kali.  I just realized I had not read about Kaiser and just did so.  Quite amazing and heartwarming as well.

Thanks to you for bringing a happy occurence (not the fall, obviously!) to my attention!

SteveO

I dunno about ESP, but I do think certain dogs have some sort of sensing the unseen .. wether it be through spiritual energy or psychic energy. It would almost have to be an energy or some sorts.

The GSD I had in 1990 did something like this. He always did this weird, strongly vocal, aggressive barking also when we took walks and passed churub statues .. always this one fountain in a park and a few in his lifetime we passed on walks. I always thought to myself, brushed it off and never told anyone. Untill one day .. then everyone witnessed it.

On my sons first birthday which was May 5, 1990.. I had him a birthday party, I invited everyone I knew. The party started @ 6:00pm with everyone but my best friend showing up. Nancy. She was always late for everything.

My GSD I had to keep in a cage I borrowed for the day, he was a retired K9 who I felt with all the people and excitement and children running around .. should be contained but still at the party. He was a total gentleman, quiet, watched everyone, left the kids feed him hotdogs etc. The kids went outside, my son went down for his nap about 8:15pm .. us adults were getting ready to play a card game at the kitchen table. We all sat down with hot tea and coffee, nachos and ready to deal the cards when out of nowhere my dog started that same type aggressive barking as he did with the churub's. I knew that distinct bark right away, I got tingles down my whole body he was staring above my right shoulder. Just staring, totally focused in one spot and aggressively barking.

Everyone got scared, I got up, something told me to looked at the time, it was 8:36pm. Just like that he stopped barking and settled down.

At that point, like with the churub's I blew it off. I got a phonecall that night after midnight from Nancy's mom, she died in a car accident on Rosebud Road, she was on her way to Christopher's birthday party running late from a swim meet. I was totally broke down.

The newspaper article the next morning confirmed in my mind.. dogs have some sort of sensing the unseen through energies .. the news paper article listed her pronounced dead @ 8:36pm.

Call me crazy, whateva, this happened. I'd like to know what the bloodline is of that GSD listed in the OP's article and compare it with my GSD's .. maybe this type stuff could be herediity ? .. because that was the only dog I ever had that did such stuff.

Just thought I'd mention it. RIP Nancy.

SteveO, thanks! Sorry for all the typos!

Baby Eagle, Lots of people pass this sort of stuff off as a bunch of hooey, but if you think of it scientifically, human brains are made up of cells that communicate with one another via a electro-chemical system. So that is a form of energy, easily measurable by EEG. Energy does not dissipate, right? It may change form, but it does not end, if I remember correctly. I don't think it is too far-fetched to think that our dogs can somehow sense that, I don't know how, but I think they can at times, like in times of great stress or fear. If it was an all the time thing, we wouldn't need to 'train' them, would we? (Or maybe they're training us?) LOL! I think that may be true as well, 'cause they say that to train successfully, you must be smarter than the dog.....& sorry, but I know LOTS of folks that have nicely trained dogs, but...uhh, well, I think their dogs are humoring them!

BTW--BeeTree, the Kaiser story was very cool! Thanks! jackie harris

I train with Gary

Kaiser is a nice dog has a good temperment and is what a GSD should be. Observant with a good temperment.  Dogs have a much more accute sense of hearing and a better sense of smell but they pick up on things we often take for granted..

just as a side note Kaiser was High in Trial at the last MSSV trial he is a very nice dog

Jeff