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Originally Posted by David Bailey  Well whether you call the phenomenon pyschic, it has been reported over and over again. What is so wrong with investigating it? I'll bet if you asked around those of your friends with dogs, you would discover some of them with dogs that do this. |
One of the reasons I'm skeptical of this particular claim is that I have grown up with pet dogs and never noticed this type of behaviour. This is a very personal and anecdotal observation (and therefore worthless) but I think I would have noticed if any of them had this ability. I have noticed a tendency for some dog owners to make bizarre claims about their beloved pets (e.g. "he understands everything I say") and my intuition is that this is another one of those claims. For this reason the anecdotal evidence does not persuade me of anything. I would not have the patience to get involved in a watertight experiment but would be fascinated to see someone else do it. I suspect this is part of Alex's problem it is just so boring to control for all those variables.