Do you think your pet has a sixth sense?

You may have seen the sweet story about a toddler's pet dog that sniffs out cancer in the news this week about a dog who sniffed out cancer.

A mother and father have credited their daughter’s early diagnosis of leukaemia to their pet border collie’s protective behaviour, which prompted them to take her to the doctor.

Dogs’ super sensitive sniffers are well known to us, but could their noses also help detect cancer? A trial looking into this was launched in the UK last year and you can read more on CRUK article called Can a dog detect the smell of cancer?

Do your pets seem to have a sixth sense? Every now and then we hear about animals’ extraordinary abilities and I know my cat always seems to know if I’m upset about something. Have you ever been amazed at something your pet has sensed? We’d love to hear your stories.

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  • Some dogs definitely can. There was a stand at the Britain Against Cancer conference which included a retriever trained to do just that.

    My own labrador has similar behaviour to that described by Vatch. She puts her head on my  knee and looks me straight in the eye. Sadly she does this whenever she wants feeding, needs to have a wee or thinks it is time for a walk. She was very quiet when I was on chemo but her insistence ongoing for a regular walk was a probably factor in my physical recovery, as otherwise I would have spent the day idling on the sofa feeling sorry for myself.

    Cheers

    Dave

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  • Some dogs definitely can. There was a stand at the Britain Against Cancer conference which included a retriever trained to do just that.

    My own labrador has similar behaviour to that described by Vatch. She puts her head on my  knee and looks me straight in the eye. Sadly she does this whenever she wants feeding, needs to have a wee or thinks it is time for a walk. She was very quiet when I was on chemo but her insistence ongoing for a regular walk was a probably factor in my physical recovery, as otherwise I would have spent the day idling on the sofa feeling sorry for myself.

    Cheers

    Dave

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