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How do dogs seem to know when you’re coming home?

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◑ Partly Confirmed

"Dogs can anticipate their owner's return through some sense beyond the ordinary — shown in Sheldrake's controlled experiments using random timing, unfamiliar vehicles, and video documentation."

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Verification window: Ongoing — replication contested

Maybe's Notes

Sheldrake really did run and publish controlled experiments (most famously with a dog named Jaytee) reporting that dogs waited by the window more when their owner was heading home — even at random times and in unfamiliar vehicles. The research exists. But other scientists (notably Richard Wiseman) reanalyzed the data and disputed the effect, so it remains contested and not broadly accepted. A genuinely fun, unsettled question. Connects to Sheldrake's larger "morphic resonance" idea.

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Specificity

4/5

Transparency

5/5

Prior Accuracy Not enough resolved claims yet

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