October 25, 2007HomecomngMy husband’s business meeting is over, so now we are really on vacation in Colorado, visiting family and taking in the local attractions. I have heard stories that some pets can seem to know when family members are coming home, even when the return trip is not part of the daily routine. Dogs will wait by a door or a window in anticipation of their favorite human’s reappearance. If your pet seems to know you are in the neighborhood long before your turn into your driveway, you might be able to contribute to a study being conducted by OpenSourceScience.net. According to the Web site, OpenSourceScience is a free, Web-based collaborative project for facilitating the discussion and replication of controversial scientific experiments. I think that means they try to explain the unexplainable. I don't see much controversy in trying to figure out if dogs have a sense for the return of a beloved human. It just seems like a fun way to share stories about your smart and sensitive pooch in a the name of science. When we board the plane back to Virginia later this week, I really doubt if Dexter will have any sense that we are homeward bound. But as soon as we open the door, he will do his happy-dog dance. I can document that phenomenon conclusively. 
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