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Lilaclady

(72 posts)
Tue Nov 28, 2023, 07:43 AM Nov 2023

Can dog sense death [View all]

Our 8 yr old Maltipom is behaving strangely this morning. No matter how I try to appease him, holding him, taking him out, talking to him, he constantly goes to my husband’s (who isn’t up yet ) bedside. He’s most insistent I follow him. I checked on my husband and he is sleeping. But several months ago he suffered a sudden cardiac arrest at his dr office and was resuscitated by his dr. He hasn’t had a second event and wears a life vest ( wearable defibrillator) that will sound an alarm if my husband stops breathing. MoJoe is accustomed to the initial sound when one of the contacts is out of place or not completely touching skin. That is a bong sound. He has heard the siren sound that happens when the defibrillator is about to give a shock. My husband was just up and using the bathroom, then went back to bed. This is when the behavior started. I’m thinking of waking my husband.

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Can dog sense death [View all] Lilaclady Nov 2023 OP
Yes I would wake him up and check on him. Irish_Dem Nov 2023 #1
Have to agree... 2naSalit Nov 2023 #5
Do you want to know a well kept secret about dogs and healthcare? Irish_Dem Nov 2023 #8
Pets are used all the time at hospitals. yagotme Nov 2023 #9
LOL Irish_Dem Nov 2023 #12
Those come from a joke. yagotme Nov 2023 #13
I know. Good one. Irish_Dem Nov 2023 #14
Purrfect Lilaclady Nov 2023 #17
Wake him and take him to his doctor/a hospital malaise Nov 2023 #2
Now Lilaclady Nov 2023 #4
Glad you have things under control malaise Nov 2023 #6
You did not overreact. You have an ill husband, something did not seem right. Irish_Dem Nov 2023 #10
Better to over, than under, in this scenario. Glad he's OK. nt yagotme Nov 2023 #11
I agree with what's been said above BlueKota Nov 2023 #3
Thank you Lilaclady Nov 2023 #7
HUG Fla Dem Nov 2023 #15
No they can't Polybius Nov 2023 #16
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