| Planetclair,
I had a similar experience with my girl once, too. Mia is also the ultimate goofball, ready to be friends with any person she meets on the street. One night when I was walking her in our neighborhood, there was this weird looking guy lurking, just loitering near a street sign. I had never seen him before, and something about him just didn't seem right. He was sort of fidgeting and looking around nervously. Well, because I hadn't seen him until it was too late to nonchalantly cross the street, I went to turn on the corner about 6 or 7 feet from him. I had noticed that as we approached Mia had become very alert, and suddenly she started barking and growling at this man. She has never done anything like this towards a person before or since, so I took her warning seriously and got out of there post haste.
I really believe that she sensed something dangerous about this guy. I know that my own 6th sense was kind of going off when I saw him. Prior to this I had doubted that she had much of a protective instinct, but now I think that she has a very fine tuned one.  |