Dixie Guarding James
By Mary Guice
@Elizaby (6902)
Pensacola, Florida
August 5, 2017 5:55pm CST
Dixie, a Scottish Terrier is especially attached to my brother-in-law James and oat time will not let my sister or anyone get neat him when he is laying down on the coach. It is as if he is guarding him thinking we might want to bother him which is not true.
Well today she got really upset when his sister stopped by to see James and the few minutes she was here Dixie would not stop barking or growling even after she went out the door. His sister couldn't even go in the kitchen to toss something in the trash and James mentioned he wasn't feeling good at all and may have sis take him to the ER when she gets in from work.
That has me wondering now if Dixie is sensing something as she has never been that aggressive before when his sister comes over as she often settles down after a couple of minutes especially if you go to the other couch in the room. I have heard of dogs being trained to sense things in their owners and wonder if Dixie has this trait?
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@just4him (306113)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Aug 17
I know dogs are especially sensitive to when a person isn't feeling well. My dogs always laid by me when I was sick. They wouldn't move from my side and only got up when I did. I know there are dogs who have an acute awareness when something is seriously wrong as well. That might be the case with Dixie and I hope James will be all right.
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. I've had bad vertigo myself and it's awful. And I know COPD is very rough.
@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
6 Aug 17
Wasn't there a study that shows that animals pick up potential problems among humans before the problem manifests itself? That must have been what Dixie was feeling.
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