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When the weather changes, then the electricity in the air changes, as well as air pressure, and naturally, the temperature often changes as well. We are aware consciously of some of these changes, but animals seem to be able to sense changes that we are not aware of. Some animals seem to be more "tuned in" to these changes than other animals are.
As was mentioned, some dogs and cats can tell when a storm is coming and start to get very anxious; but other dogs will scarcely pay any attention.
I think that dogs who spend most of the time in the house are less likely to notice the changes, although some house dogs are still sensitive to the weather.
There was a man in California who could predict earthquakes, simply from reading the lost and found ads in the newspapers.
He said that a few days before a quake hit that region, pets would start running away and people would then put ads in the paper for the lost pet. When there was a jump in the amount of lost and found pets, then he said that there was going to be an earthquake.
Apparently, most of the time, he was right, and did as good at predicting quakes as the scientists with all of their sensitive equipment could do.
When Mt. St. Helens erupted in Western Washington State, animals in Eastern Washington were able to tell that something had happened. By mid-afternoon (or even before then) all of the birds had stopped singing and had gone to bed in the trees. I am sure that other animals noticed the change also; but the silence of all the birds was what I noteced first. When I looked at the western sky, and it was pitch black, then we knew something bad was coming and went inside to listen to th radio and see what was happening.
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