Claire
Master Chef
What do animals know? My little Keiki woke me up to take her out, and as soon as she came in, it started to rain. This happens often. Can they feel the atmospheric change or something?
That's so cool. I've heard of cats and dogs that will watch TV but mine never have. So funny that he hates the commercials, too! Mine don't seem to notice much of anything beyond what affects them directly, but the dog does get upset when we put on hats. For some reason, she thinks she doesn't know who we are then. (She's not the brightest bulb, but she is sweet and devoted beyond reason.) Also, both of the cats will play fetch. The younger one will do it for almost an hour but the older one seems to do it just to humor me.My cat had some messed up hips after being hit by a car years ago. I had to keep him inside so he wouldn't aggrevate the injury. He would sit on my bed and watch TV. Those wildlife shows with birds and tigers was his favorite.
Anyway, everytime a commercial would come on, he would ignore the TV or go get a drink of water or something. It cracked me up.
I have seen stories about cancer sniffing dogs but had never heard about the woman with apnea. I love that story, Barbara. I can just imagine an exhausted little dog standing vigilant all through the night. Our pets really do enrich our lives in so many ways.As a lot of you have said, many animals are good at signaling changes in the weather. It goes even further than that. I have seen several reports about animals who can sense when someone is going to have a heart attack, when someone has cancer, and even when a diabetic's sugar levels get erratic. I read a story in Guideposts about a woman who said her dog was driving her nuts. He would wake her up 10 or more times a night. Then he would sleep all day. Because of some other problems the woman was having, her doctor suggested she participate in a sleep study. She asked if she could bring her dog so they could see how horrible he behaved at night, waking her up. It turned out that the woman stopped breathing 10 or more times a night. Her dog sensed it and jumped on her to wake her up. That is why he slept all day--he was worn out from saving her life all night! I cried buckets when I read that one!
Barbara
Years ago we had a cat named Angel. She didn't usually watch TV, other than looking up now and then, but she watched the entire movie "Benji the Hunted!" She stopped to wash herself during the commercials, but when the movie came back on, she was totally wrapped up in the action.My cat had some messed up hips after being hit by a car years ago. I had to keep him inside so he wouldn't aggrevate the injury. He would sit on my bed and watch TV. Those wildlife shows with birds and tigers was his favorite.
Anyway, everytime a commercial would come on, he would ignore the TV or go get a drink of water or something. It cracked me up.
yeah i was watching a public television show on tv about the tsunami that hit that one place. They said about an hour before it all happened all the animals started to come inland.
My dog is a 4 year old mutt that we found on the freeway a couple of years ago. She was so glad to be able to jump in my car that day and she still loves a car ride to this day. She doesn't like loud voices either and when the boys start wrestling around, she gets upset and tries to get in between them. But if I'm yelling at the kids for something, she sits right next to me like an enforcer! It's so funny - she's very jealous of my attention and seems to get a kick out of someone else getting in trouble.I had 2 redbone hounds at different times and both were terrified of thunderstorms my 3 current dogs a german shepard a boxer mix and a chow mix have no problems with a storm the 2 cats do not have problems either.The only time they get a bit nervous is a big hail storm they will come rally around me until the storm passes I think its because it sounds so loud when hail hits the roof.However the shepard gets a bit upset if DH and I get in a loud debate after a couple of drinks its a not a fight as we dont fight but the raised voices seem to upset him so then we just stop because its nothing important.