Both dogs and cats flock to me.....doesn't matter where I am, if there's an animal around, that animal will find me. I remember once when I was at a large outdoor gathering, someone brought their dog to the festivities and that dog plowed through what must've been 50 people, tail wagging the whole time, in order to get to me. I'd never seen him before in my whole life, but he acted like he'd known me since puppyhood. Weird.

I've come to believe that my own dog, Zoey, could be a service dog---she is SO attuned to me that it's almost scary. She's so intuitive that I think she senses an impending mood episode before I do, because she will refuse to leave my side except to eat and go out to do her business. She also stays with me if I'm physically sick, follows me to the bathroom and waits patiently outside the door till I'm done and then follows me back to bed. She's a good girl for sure.