10) What Instinct Really Means
People say, “Dogs just know.”
But it’s deeper than that.
They learn your rhythms—keys at six, kettle at seven, the scent of lavender and milk from the nursery.
And when that rhythm breaks—when a stranger lingers too long, when attention drifts to a screen, when a baby coughs wrong—they act.
Sometimes with a nudge.
Sometimes with a bark that saves a life.
