>> “But she knew he was killing me and did what she had to” <<
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Exactly.
A dog will react to its companion’s distress.
Did you see that stupid “test” they did on dogs to judge the likelihood that they’d protect their people against intruders?
Most of the dogs bombed and they said it proved dogs were not good home protection.
They totally disregarded the fact that some yahoo in a costume does not have the smell/body language of a *real* intruder and that dogs are smart enough to know the difference.
Really annoying ‘study’ that was of no merit whatsoever.