Do Dogs Sense Death. In fact, some dogs are specifically trained as hospice dogs to sit with and comfort those are dying. With all the other tricks that they can do, it’s no surprise that sensing death is another skill that they have.
There is a lot research we can point to which shows the types of emotions dogs do have, so it’s not a leap to suggest that dogs understand death. In fact, some dogs are specifically trained as hospice dogs to. In fact, dogs have been sensing death, alerting people to oncoming death, and even sniffing out those already dead for centuries.