Tommy, a 7-year-old German Shepherd, used to accompany his owner to services at Santa Maria Assunta church in San Donaci, Italy. After his owner died, the dog joined mourners at her funeral service and has been showing up when the bell rings out to mark the beginning of mass ever since.
My father was a surgeon in Corpus Christi, Texas and was keeping his FILs German Shepherd as the FIL was increasingly ill in Mexico City; 800 miles away. One night about 2am the dog began howling and moaning inconsolably. At 6am my dad got the call that his FIL had died...at 2am.
