| Can your dog read your mind? I know, it sounds like a | | | | schedule, or even a higher level of sensory sensitivity |
| strange question, right? Well, if you've been following | | | | to sound, or smell that gives us the illusion that our |
| some of the fascinating experiments taking place over | | | | dogs know when we are coming home? Well, there's |
| the last few years, you may not think so. The science | | | | only one way to find out, right? |
| of psychical research has moved from the laboratory | | | | There are simple, fun experiments you can carry out, |
| to the Labrador in recent experiments designed to | | | | right now to test your own connection to your dog. Let |
| explore the potential that our pets may be far more | | | | someone watch your dog while your away. Have that |
| intuitively connected to ourselves than we might have | | | | person call you at a random time on your excursion |
| previously believed! How? It's quite simple. Let's take a | | | | out, and "TELL" you to come home. What does your |
| look at some of the qualities a "clairvoyant" canine | | | | dog do? Does he or she get excited, go to the door, |
| may exhibit, and see if you might just have a special | | | | or window and wait? or not? |
| pet sitting next to you right now. Read on! | | | | How about setting up a small video camera and |
| Let's look at the easy stuff first. Have you ever | | | | recording the house while you're away. Make notes as |
| noticed your dog seems to know when you are | | | | to your leaving times, as well as when you DECIDE to |
| coming home? Is he happily waiting by the door | | | | come home. Keep good notes, and compare and |
| eagerly awaiting your arrival EVEN when you thought | | | | contrast your dogs behavior while you're gone, as well |
| you were sneaking in? | | | | as when you start heading back! Sounds like fun, right? |
| Some university studies, designed to study this specific | | | | It is! And informative, exciting and it just may totally |
| phenomena, have shown that many dogs do just that, | | | | transform the entire way you look at your already |
| even when the owner arrives homes unexpectedly. In | | | | loving relationship with your pet. (and who knows what |
| one exceptional example, experiments performed by | | | | else!) |
| Dr. Rupert Sheldrake of Cambridge University, | | | | The bonds that connect us all might run much deeper, |
| showcased one especially astute pup who spent 70% | | | | and in far more powerfully profound ways than we |
| of his time by the window when his owner was on her | | | | imagine. Remember a small window in the wonderful |
| way home, versus only 20% when she was not. | | | | world of interconnectedness, even if simply with our |
| Similarly 50% of dog owners claim to have observed | | | | favorite four legged friends, has profound implications |
| this "knowing" phenomena in their own pooches, and | | | | on the nature of ALL of our relationships! So have |
| 30% of CAT owners have affirmed similar sentiments | | | | some fun, share your affection, and your results with |
| with their feline friends. So the question becomes, is it | | | | other dog lovers everywhere. Who knows you just |
| simply wishful thinking, or maybe a sensitivity to | | | | might make him famous! |