Dogs that know when their owners are returning home, cats that answer the telephone when a person they are attached to is calling, horses that can find their way home over unfamiliar terrain: these are some of the aspects of animal behavior that have convinced Dr. Rupert Sheldrake that animals possess forms of perceptiveness that lie beyond present-day scientific understanding. After five years of research and thousands of case studies, Dr. Sheldrake presents his unique exploration into the psychic behavior of pets in Dogs That Know When Their Owners are Coming Home, a ground-breaking analysis of the uncanny paranormal abilities of animals.
Challenging traditional scientific assumptions that pets are not worthy of studying seriously and that studying paranormal phenomena is a waste of time, Dr. Sheldrake has done extensive research into whether pets do indeed display intuitive, telepathic powers and has concluded that the anecdotal evidence shared by thousands of pet owners holds up. With detailed stories and thought-provoking analysis, Dr. Sheldrake shares his findings that animals know how to comfort and heal, that they communicate telepathically, that they take incredible journeys to return to their loved ones, and other tales that ultimately speak to the fact that pets communicate on a level outside traditional forms of understanding.