If your assertion were true that "animals have a keen sense of impending danger" with the implication that this is evidence the dog survived, then no predator would ever catch any prey and the entire food chain would collapse.
You missed one important point: My assumption is that Pippet didnβt go into the water after the last toss of the stick. He stayed on land where he was less vulnerable and where the danger lurking in the ocean couldnβt get to him.
Not every stalked/hunted animal gets killed. They use their natural defenses and their instincts to evade capture. If your premise is that this never works, then every βlow on the food chainβ species would be extinct due to its predators.
I assume, however, that such a simplistic statement is
not your premise, in which case we are back at the same point: the
possibility that Pippet survived. Iβm not saying itβs a certainty, but itβs not beyond belief either, especially based on my assumption that Pippet avoided the water in the middle of the fetch game.
I guess weβll have to agree to disagree: Youβre in favour of one possibility while Iβm in favour of the other.
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