Talking of strange things dogs seem to 'know' when my mum died 3 years ago, I was at the hospital all day with her, leaving my son looking after my daughter and my two dogs plus mums two, She had a year old Border Terrier(which I have now inherited) and at the exact time mum died, Meggy scratched the door to go out and sat in the corner of the garden whimpering and shaking and no amount of coaxing from my son or daughter would bring her in, especially odd as she wouldnt normally go outside unless one of the other dogs   was with her, in the end, my son had to pick her up and carry her in, when I rang from the hospital to tell him what had happened, he asked me straight away what time mum had died and then before I answered told me! Im sure she knew :(