I think that if there had been a pet cemetery here I would have done that but wasn’t. Yes, they do know. My daughter still has Kipper’s brother. He just turned 14. I babysit him during the day while they work and he changed after he lost Kipper. Dogs are smarter than some people know and they do feel love.
https://www.calabasaspetcemetery.com/
Its the only pet cemetery in Los Angeles County its been around a really long time and they can never build over the land its protected land which is good. Never even knew about the place til Nemo passed..here is Nemo and Maxie together I gotta get a better close up of Maxie
https://imgur.com/iaXY20Z
Dogs are super smart. The neighbors dog Nola she is a pit bull mix(Such a sweet girl) she always used to go to my sisters house but stopped when Nemo got sick because he was not allowed to get stressed out. When Nemo died, Nola came over and always used to run to the computer room to grab some of the toys and destroy them..this time she ran into the computer room(Its also the room that Nemo died in) and she just stood there and after a minute walked out, walked back into the kitchen and sat on the floor with her tail down..even dogs that didnt live there knew!