We sure are grateful to our dearly departed Charlie Girl! She was amazing. It was so surreal, looking back on it. The kids were out daily skating and playing hockey, never a peep out of her. She was sleeping, warm and cozy and just jumped up from the couch and went ballistic barking. I asked the kids if they had heard any crackling noise, thinking she might have heard something that I didn't, but they said no, there was no noise, no cracking sound. Just so grateful that she alerted me, and I am glad that I trusted her enough to go outside with her to see what was going on. She also saved them another time at our old house, got between a mentally ill man and my kids when he was homeless and living in the woods behind our house. Thankfully I was outside then with them, as they were little, and one minute I was talking to my best friend, and the next thing we knew, the dog took off from our side, barking frantically and just as the man came into our yard, heading towards the kids, she flew after him and backed him away.
That same dog as well as several others did the same to me, too, when it came to using the bathroom or even going to bed, lol! I couldn't even take a shower without them all either trying to get in the bathroom, one always had to come in with me for the family's sake, haha, or they'd be waiting for me by the door. If something had happened to me, no doubt, they would be persistently barking until I was found. My dogs were all different breeds, too- English Springer Spanial [that was Charlie's breed], Black Labs, and Yorkshire and Scottish Terriers {I had the Scotties growing up}.
That's why I find it odd about the dog not reacting to her death. It is so unusual for a dog not to notice their owner's scents and to not go crazy trying to find them. It is possible that the dog might not have been home, but what are the chances? I still wonder what tipped the police off to search the house again?
