Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home: Fully Updated and Revised Book

Preface ix

Introduction 1

Part I Human-Animal Bonds

1 The Domestication of Animals 13

Part II Animals that Know when their People are Coming Home

2 Dogs 29

3 Cats 66

4 Parrots, Horses, and Other Animals 77

Part III Animal Empathy

5 Animals That Comfort and Heal 97

6 Distant Deaths and Accidents 110

Part IV Intentions, Calls, and Telepathy

7 Picking Up Intentions 125

8 Telepathic Calls and Commands 140

9 Animal-to-Animal Telepathy 164

Part V The Sense of Direction

10 Incredible Journeys 183

11 Migrations and Memory 207

12 Animals That Know When They Are Nearing Home 225

13 Pets Finding Their People Far Away 233

Part VI Animal Premonitions

14 Premonitions of Fits, Comas, and Sudden Deaths 249

15 Forebodings of Earthquakes and Other Disasters 265

Part VII Conclusions

16 Animal Powers and the Human Mind 293

Appendix: Controversies and Inquiries 307

Notes 339

References 355

Index 369