We are new to being dog owners and have a 7 month old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. Out on our morning walk something very strange and interesting occured that I cannot explain.
We were taking a common route that involves a walk up a cul de sac on one side and down the other side of the street. On the way back our dog stopped around 25 yards before a house, sat down and would not move. Eventually I persuaded her to cross the road, she walked a few more yards and again refused to move. I ended up having to carry her to the next road junction perhaps 25 yards past the house she would not walk past, putting her down she again sat and would not move.
At that moment we heard a fire truck siren and the truck arrived and parked outside the house she was avoiding and the EMT's (in the US fire trucks carry emergency medical technicians and are the first to arrive before ambulances) proceeded to go into the house being let in by an older lady.
At that point our dog got up and we walked home, however once home she moped around for the entire morning.
I don't know what had occurred at the house in question but it was remarkable to me that our dog sensed something that spooked her. There are of course stories of dogs 'sixth sense', probably more related to their inherently sensitive ability to smell, such that they can detect things we cannot. Certainly in this case she wasn't picking up any clues from my behavior as there was nothing untoward that I perceived and we had walked past that house dozens of times before with no issues.
Anyone else had similar instances with their dogs?
We were taking a common route that involves a walk up a cul de sac on one side and down the other side of the street. On the way back our dog stopped around 25 yards before a house, sat down and would not move. Eventually I persuaded her to cross the road, she walked a few more yards and again refused to move. I ended up having to carry her to the next road junction perhaps 25 yards past the house she would not walk past, putting her down she again sat and would not move.
At that moment we heard a fire truck siren and the truck arrived and parked outside the house she was avoiding and the EMT's (in the US fire trucks carry emergency medical technicians and are the first to arrive before ambulances) proceeded to go into the house being let in by an older lady.
At that point our dog got up and we walked home, however once home she moped around for the entire morning.
I don't know what had occurred at the house in question but it was remarkable to me that our dog sensed something that spooked her. There are of course stories of dogs 'sixth sense', probably more related to their inherently sensitive ability to smell, such that they can detect things we cannot. Certainly in this case she wasn't picking up any clues from my behavior as there was nothing untoward that I perceived and we had walked past that house dozens of times before with no issues.
Anyone else had similar instances with their dogs?