Had I passed before my Timber, I suspect he would have reacted very much the same. If my Ranger were brought to my graveside, he would view the fresh dirt as an invitation to find out just exactly what was worth burying there ;-)
THe phenomenom of certain dogs remaining by the casket, or by the grave site, or at the train station has been reported so often that you have to believe that it is a real occurance. You have to wonder how the dog knows.
Do you remember the story about the lady whose daughter put her into a nursing home some miles from where either of them previously lived? The daughter took the dog to her house (I think the dog was a Blue Heeler) and when she and her husband were out to dinner, the dog scaled a 6 ft. fence and took 2 days to make it to the nursing home. He then circled the home until he found the mother’s window and sat underneath and barked.
The dog had never been there before and had been transported from the mother’s house directly to the daughter’s house (many miles away) and had never made a detour to the rest home, but somehow he found it. How?
As I remember, the nursing home staff allowed the dog to stay. I think that I saw this story on “Animal Miracles” which used to be a show on Animal Planet narrated by Allen Thicke.