Why Do Country Dogs Leave Home to Die in Secret?
One is that 'a dog knows when it's going to die, it will look at its owner with its eyes, then find a quietest place in the house, and wait alone for death. It doesn't want its owner to see its body, to avoid making its owner sad.' The other is that 'dogs leave home not for their owners, but to get away from all animals, to find a quiet place to recover. Therefore, dogs often predict their own deaths very accurately. Once they leave home, their survival rate is very low, so they form the illusion of leaving home to die.'
Actually, dogs will instinctively avoid humans or other dogs when they are sick, hiding in dark places to recover or die. This is a phenomenon of 'regression to the ancestral state'. Dogs' ancestors were communal living, and if a dog in the pack is sick or injured, other dogs will kill it to avoid being implicated and suffering.
Over time, the dogs we now raise are no longer communal. But they are spiritual. If your dog goes missing several times, you should pay attention. One possibility is that it is injured and hiding in a remote place to heal. Another possibility is that we don't want to accept death. Because dogs are naturally self-protective, they don't want their owners to see their embarrassing death, nor do they want to make you sad. So they chose to leave quietly.
Good dogs don't die at home. This is a popular saying in rural areas. It summarizes the coexistence of dogs and humans, which is a reflection of a dog's loyalty. In the law of survival in nature, dogs have learned that when they die, they will leave home, so we should treat dogs well and live in harmony with them.
