http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/dog...56479.html
Quote:Capitan, a German shepherd, reportedly ran away from home after its owner, Miguel Guzman, died in 2006. A week later, the Guzman family found the dog sitting by his grave in central Argentina.
Miguel Guzman adopted Capitan in 2005 as a gift for his teenage son, Damian. And for the past six years, Capitan has continued to stand guard at Miguel's grave. The family says the dog rarely leaves the site.
"We searched for him, but he had vanished," widow Veronica Guzman told LaVoz.com. "We thought he must have got run over and died.
'The following Sunday we went to the cemetery, and Damian recognized his pet. Capitan came up to us, barking and wailing as if he were crying."
Adding to the unusual circumstances, Veronica says the family never brought Capitan to the cemetery before he was discovered there.
"It is a mystery how he managed to find the place," she said.
all animals have the ability to sense and understand in amazing ways. us humans tend to have gotten away from our ability to tap into other levels of connection but dogs don't have phones or bills or recruiting updates and the smart ones can do some pretty amazing things. a family friend had a flood in her house with no one home and their pet labradoodle (poodle-lab cross) unlocked the bird cage and sheparded the cat and birds out of danger. they thought all the animals were lost after the flood and then the dog walks back into the yard with the cat and birds in tow.
(09-14-2012 01:50 AM)pono Wrote: [ -> ]all animals have the ability to sense and understand in amazing ways. us humans tend to have gotten away from our ability to tap into other levels of connection but dogs don't have phones or bills or recruiting updates and the smart ones can do some pretty amazing things. a family friend had a flood in her house with no one home and their pet labradoodle (poodle-lab cross) unlocked the bird cage and sheparded the cat and birds out of danger. they thought all the animals were lost after the flood and then the dog walks back into the yard with the cat and birds in tow.
Never understood why they went with "labradoodle" instead of of "poodadore".
Our Beagle, Snoopy, turn 11 years old tomorrow (his birthday present will be a BGSU @$$whipping). He's been a really cool companion over the years and we'll miss him when he's finally gone. Quite the personality!!!
(09-14-2012 08:05 AM)RangerRocket Wrote: [ -> ]Our Beagle, Snoopy, turn 11 years old tomorrow (his birthday present will be a BGSU @$$whipping). He's been a really cool companion over the years and we'll miss him when he's finally gone. Quite the personality!!!
Snoopy gets too jealous of other dogs when they get attention.
I have a 17 year old Golden and I'm pretty sure she'd drag her aching hips 100 miles to find my grave. She'd probably pee on it and dig a little, but she'd find it.
Neat story. We could sure learn a lot from our animal friends.