Listen to your dog
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (357273)
Rockingham, Australia
May 25, 2024 7:00pm CST
I was reading an article about an 8-year-old girl who was abducted and only escaped ten years later. Then I clicked on a link where an Algerian man had been held captive for 26 years. His family had believed he’d been kidnapped or killed the Algerian Civil War in 1998. He was found in a sheep pen under haystacks only about 200 metres from where he’d grown up.
Of course, there are dozens of such stories but what I found particularly interesting is that, after the kidnapping, his dog had hung around the suspect’s home for at least a month. That should have told the authorities something but perhaps they searched that area but found nothing.
Photo is mine of Rosie, a dog that used to visit us on our farmlet.
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@snowy22315 (192165)
• United States
26 May 24
A border collie mix..they are so smart.
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@snowy22315 (192165)
• United States
26 May 24
@JudyEv They can be very territorial over their things. My dog and Jax too hated giving toys back during a game of Fetch.
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@AmbiePam (100117)
• United States
26 May 24
That’s so stinking sad. It reminds me of the parrot that would go nuts after a guy would come into the house. No one could figure out why, after years of no problems at all, it would squawk in the presence of that guy, a friend of the parrot’s owner. Turns out the guy was the one who had come into that house and murdered the parrot’s owner a few weeks prior while the wife was out of town.
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@marguicha (227733)
• Chile
26 May 24
I read a bout the man but it did not say anything about the dog. I agree that dogs are incredibly intelligent. My first dog followed me from the outside of the house but was always as near to me as she could. Yet she did not like to come inside.
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@allknowing (148776)
• India
26 May 24
Dogs unlike cats are assets to owners. Their barks of a different kind depending on what they are barking for tell a different story
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@Beestring (15560)
• Hong Kong
26 May 24
Dogs are loyal and intelligent. Reminds me of the Movie "Hachi: A Dog's Tale" by Richard Gere.
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@Beestring (15560)
• Hong Kong
26 May 24
@JudyEv That's a good movie, based on true story.
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@LeaPea2417 (38001)
• Toccoa, Georgia
26 May 24
That's so interesting about the dog. Yes, they do have a sixth sense about things and loyalty to their owners.
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@wolfgirl569 (118643)
• Marion, Ohio
26 May 24
The dog knew. They do pay more attention to them and even sometimes use them to search anymore
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@wolfgirl569 (118643)
• Marion, Ohio
26 May 24
@JudyEv That they can. They are even using them to check for bedbugs in apartments here now
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@JudyEv (357273)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 May 24
@wolfgirl569 I hadn't heard of that. I know they can predict an epilsy attack before it happens.
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@JamesHxstatic (29411)
• Eugene, Oregon
27 May 24
I can'r believe they didn't find that strange enough to investigate.
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@GardenGerty (164550)
• United States
26 May 24
If we could only read their minds.
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@JudyEv (357273)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 May 24
If we could, we might get some big surprises at times.
@annierose (21570)
• Philippines
26 May 24
Animals often seem to sense more than we give them credit for, and it’s a shame that the clue from the dog wasn’t enough to prompt a more thorough investigation earlier. It really shows the bond between humans and their pets, doesn’t it?
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@annierose (21570)
• Philippines
26 May 24
@JudyEv You're right, Judy! Animals can give us valuable clues if we pay attention to their behavior. It's amazing how they can sense things that we might miss.
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@RebeccasFarm (95312)
• Arvada, Colorado
26 May 24
Its incredulous the authorities didn't cotton on to that dog.
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@FourWalls (76279)
• United States
28 May 24
Dogs really are man’s best friends.
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@RasmaSandra (86594)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 May 24
Such a cute dog, Yes, I know dogs are very faithful and they should be paid more attention in certain cases, I read that story about the Algerian man and yes, at that time with the dog there they should have turned that property completely around,
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@JudyEv (357273)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 May 24
I think most animals can communicate more than we give them credit for if we'd only take the time to 'listen' and observe.
