You did?  That's terrific!  And what did your pet tell you?  Another question for you:  how did you receive the information your pet gave you? Think of your sixth sense as simply an expanded way to take in information through your regular senses of sight, hearing, feeling, touching and smelling.  The difference is that when using your sixth sense, you are receiving details or guidance that is not concrete. The prefix 'clair' means 'clear'.  The ways we take in extrasensory information is through:   

Have you ever had a gut feeling that your pet was telling you something?  Have you been in the middle of reading a good book, oblivious to the world, and all of the sudden you're jolted back to the present with very clear, unspoken words like 'Time to take me outside' or 'The water bowl is empty'? Have you ever had an overwhelming hunch that your pet needs to visit the vet, even though, logically, everything appears to be OK?