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   From: mclark19@aapt.net.au   
      
   "creative1985@gmail.com"  wrote in news:a6c63e2e-   
   f7c5-43cd-80ce-bf5374bb7c74@h2g2000yqj.googlegroups.com:   
      
   > Martin Clark> wrote:   
   >> Not sure if dogs have the same facility - no one reported it anyway.   
   >> After the shake the cat relaxed and wandered off, whereas the local dogs   
   >> went on yelping.   
   >   
   > Speaking of dogs. I have a female Cocker (Lady) that is the joy of my   
   > life along with her Brittany sister (Brandy).   
   > Every single time I enter the room she, the Cocker, will come racing   
   > to me and start smelling my right knee.   
   > She has done this ever since I first got her almost 10 years ago and   
   > does it to this day.   
   > Well about 3 years ago out of nowhere my right knee started coming out   
   > of joint and usually at the most inconvenient of times.   
   > Do you think she knew from way back then that something was wrong with   
   > it and did it somehow emit a different kind of smell only a dog could   
   > detect?   
      
   Yep - our family dog always knows which part of me is on the blink. Seems   
   to be something dogs are good at - even the medical profession is beginning   
   to recognise it. Dog saliva is mildly antiseptic and is also astringent,   
   plus helps blood coagulate. Mind you - it's a major job when I've been   
   working on a car for a while ... On the other hand, the old car seems to go   
   better with a bit of blood in it :-)   
      
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