Do dogs protect your health?

[jennifer_bloom]

I know one dog that would bark at me when I was sleep deprived to tell me I needed to go to sleep.

And I know another dog that barks at me when I’m thirsty to tell me I need to drink more water.

[Pudsmucker]

Dogs are beautiful creatures they sense things that most people cannot. I have many military colleagues that have PTSD, they have comfort dogs that keep them calm when they start having a traumatic episode. I know personally of a dog that kept my grandfather comforted because of his leukemia. I know dogs that also have located other cancers and identify pre ceptileptic seizures. The animals were trained to identify many symptoms to help us to recover.

[DryGermanGuy]

You're lucky, I guess. Our dogs only barked to tell us they want to go poop.

[Kevsker]

Dogs usually sense vulnerability. Our dogs for example would come to console us when we were sick, sad or physically hurt. They recognize that by your smell and voice. It seems the dogs you knew were very caring of their hoomans :)

[Nirmroth]

Sounds like random things happening and you interpreting something into it. Like a bush in a desert catching fire and you think God is speaking to you.

[love_conquers_lust]

They provide companionship.