But NinjaPuppy... check out the movie George of the Jungle and you'll see how much fun a pet efalant can be.
Before I address the Elephant issue I need to clarify another misconception; DOWSING IS NOT AND NEVER HAS BEEN CONSIDERED PARANORMAL in fact, most dowsers seek to distance themselves from Psychics, Occultists, etc. because they view what they do as a science not some kind of boggieman thing were Uncle Nermal is guiding them, etc.
The Dowsing Theory when it comes to animals and in particular the Elephant or those with horns, is that the tusk, horns, etc. act much like the Dowsing Rod but it's simple a part of the beast. The human parallel seems to come from those Dowsers that can sense things via sensations in their feet, hands or sometimes the whole body though this is considered rare, in regards to "natural" phenomenon and "advanced" for those that have consciously applied themselves to learn dowsing from the basics of pendulum work, up.
Many people, but especially skeptics wrongly connect dowsing to the supernatural as the result of a Papal Bull made in the middle ages sometime, that associated Dowsing with the devil (even though many characters in the bible dowsed as did various aspects of the clergy). The real irony is how many times since the mid-1800s the Vatican has documented and even honored the work of several European Dowsers, as has various aspects of the Scientific and Scholastic communities both, in Europe as well as the U.S., USSR, and other nations.
Another reason Dowsing is wrongly associated with Magick & Witchery, etc. is because some shamanic traditions of that sort (Wicca, Druidism, etc.) practice a form of Scrying that uses a Pendulum...Webster refers to it as "Map Dowsing" in his book. Regardless, those that are sincere students and patrons of Dowsing are quite adamant when it comes to distancing themselves from such associations. Webster even mentions a time when he was told to leave a lecture on dowsing by a lady who recognized him, knowing him as a Psychic... go figure!