A Dog That Seems to Know When His Owner is Returning: Preliminary Investigations

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Sheldrake, Rupert, Smart, Pamela • 1998 Modern Era • telepathy

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Meet Jaytee, a terrier who became the most studied case in animal telepathy research. His owner Pamela Smart noticed he'd wait by the window when she headed home — so Sheldrake tested it over 96 trips. Jaytee's waiting matched when Pamela set off, regardless of distance. Controlled experiments using random return times ruled out routine and family cues. Remarkably, Jaytee reacted within seconds of Pamela simply deciding to leave. This founding paper sparked a famous clash with skeptic Wiseman, whose experiments reached different conclusions largely over how to score the dog's behavior.

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Sheldrake, Rupert, Smart, Pamela (1998). A Dog That Seems to Know When His Owner is Returning: Preliminary Investigations. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research.

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@article{sheldrake_smart_1998_dog_preliminary,
  title = {A Dog That Seems to Know When His Owner is Returning: Preliminary Investigations},
  author = {Sheldrake, Rupert and Smart, Pamela},
  year = {1998},
  journal = {Journal of the Society for Psychical Research},
}

A Dog That Seems to Know When His Owner is Returning: Preliminary Investigations

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