Dogs Above and Beyond

"One of the basic principles of human behavior is that desires lead to beliefs, and beliefs lead to action. Some critics have deeply held beliefs that conflict with our own. Sometimes those beliefs conflict with scientific and legal principles. But people tend to base their opinions on belief rather than on fact. Changing belief is hard. If we want to meaningfully change actions, our accepted practices, we need to change the beliefs that drive them. To do that we need to accept that belief has to adapt over time to drive our actions and to allow us to adapt to changing expectations." Jim Crosby

We know so much about so many things but we barely understand the abilities and innate talents of dogs. Dogs operate in the present moment. They know long before we do, using their abilities to smell and to hear, far beyond our awareness. Yet how many times do we say, “Stop barking, Go lay down.” to our dogs? Can we humans know everything they smell and hear?

• Can you smell cancer? Dogs can.
• Can you pick out the scent of a single man from a mile over a huge city? Dogs can.
• Can you smell a 3 month old body under 6 feet of concrete? Dogs can.
• Can you feel an earthquake coming before it hits? My 3 month old puppy and my sister's dog 10 miles away from me, did in the 1972 quake in Northridge, CA.