Maxs Mom
Posted : 2/26/2008 3:56:11 PM
I know the feeling. I don't know if it good or bad when our dogs are "suspicious".
Years ago DH worked until early AM hours, I had gone to bed and had our two dogs on the bed with me (Shadow and Kayla). I was sound asleep when both dogs bolted off the bed, down the hall barking. At first I thought DH was home, but the bark was different and I realized the hair on the back of my neck was actually standing up. So I get out of bed and go to the front door to see if DH is pulling in, no. I notice our Christmas lights are not on (they were when I went to bed). I put both dogs in our back yard (fenced) so if there was an "intruder" they could meet my dogs. Shadow was a great protector, Kayla not so. Then I looked around the house via windows. I saw tracks in the snow to the outlet next to our house, they unplugged the lights and cut the cord. Nice! DH arrived as I made this discovery. We called and reported to the police. They did drive around the neighborhood.
The next night I was pretty freaked, though mild we had been "violated" so I shut both dogs in my bedroom. The vandals came and destroyed the lights on the other side of the house this time and since the dogs were shut in my room they didn't hear it. 
I was amazed how different the bark was coming out of my dog that day. It was the same recently with Belle and the "survey takers". She knew something was not right. I trust my dogs instincts.