Absolutely. My dog would put her nose on my rib cage and stand alert months before I was diagnosed with cancer there.
The family cat refused to leave my dad’s room and stayed curled up by him as he expired.
Animals can either smell the change in the body chemistry or have another sense we do not understand.
We think we have a dog who “senses” prostate cancer (or maybe any cancer)......she would NOT leave alone two men we know, who ended up with that diagnosis. One of them does not especially like dogs, and she would NOT leave him alone....it was bizarre.....until we put 2 and 2 together.
“Animals can either smell the change in the body chemistry or have another sense we do not understand.”
I don’t doubt it. The question is, why should they care? For all the vitriol some jerks on this board spew towards cats (if you just don’t much care for them, fine - I don’t care much for birds or pet rodents, but I don’t “hate” them) they definitely show affection towards some people and I’ve seen them stay very close to people who were dying. Why should they do that if they care so little about people as some people here claim. And don’t give me any of that guff about them looking for food or something - I’m not buying it.