“”I have also noticed that dogs know when they are facing easy prey or certain death.””
It’s not just dogs. Animals have instincts that humans don’t have. Humans might have had them a long time ago, but technology and “progress” and other things have probably bled those instincts right out of us.
Ever heard of “the hair standing up on the back of your neck”? It’s a real thing and I have felt that feeling before when I felt threatened. It’s a remnant of that natural instinct we all used to have, I suspect.
The only dog that was actually attacking me stopped cold once I sited my pistol. I did not shoot. We declared a truce.