I do not think it is paranormal.
Para-normal only in definition. My dog knows when I'm a few minutes away from home in the car. No matter the time, she can somehow sense when I'm near. Para-normal? No, but she is tuned into some freqeuncy that we don't presently understand. When I say she senses when I'm near, I mean she senses me anywhere from 3 to 4 minutes away---say two miles or more. Too far to hear my truck, even for a dog. My sister and I live in the same neighborhood, but not within sight of each other. If I go to my sister's house, who lives 5-6 blocks away, totally by-passing going by my house, she will come up there probably half the time. Some how, she knows when I'm around. I don't think it's supernatural by any means, but like I said, she's tuned into something that we don't presently know about.