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Did my dog sense an earthquake? She cried and barked right before it.

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Poodle | Female | spayed

Daisy was crying and barking all day today, when I would go outside she would be completely happy and playful. At first I thought it was because of the fire works, we felt a big earthquake and as soon and it stopped daisy stopped crying. Could it be that she had a sense ? A couple of secs before the earthquake she was crying soo loud, scratching at the door wanting to go outside.

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Answered By Maria DVM

Veterinarian

Published on July 6th, 2019

I am a firm believer that animals can sense things before us. Definitely can be from that. I would watch her behavior and see if it happens again and if there is another earthquake. If there isn't another one and it doesn't happen again I would take her in for a check up. Thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.

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