Are Dogs Psychic?

Dogs are known for their abilities to sense things before humans can.  So, does that make dogs psychic?  Well, not necessarily.  A dog’s sense of hearing and smelling are usually more powerful than that of a human.  For example, if a human can hear something 10 feet away, a dog would be able to hear that same sound 40 feet away.  As we all know, a dog uses their sense of smell often.  If you were playing with another dog and came home, your dog would be sniffing at you trying to figure out what other “dog scent” is on you.  Scientists have discovered that when a dog goes outside, they are able to smell what has recently been there, what’s presently there, and what could possibly come there depending on how far the scent is.  Their sense of hearing is 4 times more stronger than a human’s and their sense of smell is 40 times more powerful than a human’s.

But just because they have these great abilities, it doesn’t mean that they can’t possess “psychic abilities”.  Dogs have also been known to “smell” cancer cells and have detected early cancer signs in their owners.  There’s a case of a dog from the United Kingdom, name Lucy, who is able to smell and detect bladder, kidney, and prostate cancer.  Lucy is half a Labrador retriever and an Irish spaniel.  She has been sniffing out cancer for years and she has been able to correctly detect cancer cells 95% of the time.

Dogs are an interesting breed as there are so many of them with different talents and abilities.  Although they aren’t “psychic” as we would love for them to be, they are wonderful companions that are even able to save our lives before we even know what’s going on with our own bodies.  To read more about Lucy, go to “Meet The Dogs Who Can Sniff Out Cancer”.