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Dogs have a remarkable ability to connect with humans and build strong bonds with them. They’ve learned to become attuned to human emotions and have the amazing capability of sensing anxiety, depression, and other distress signals from humans.
Sometimes, it can feel like your dog has a sixth sense when it comes to your emotions. However, it’s possible that they’re just really good at using their sense of smell. Research has discovered that dogs can detect odors that indicate changes in stress levels. This type of research helps us grasp a better understanding of the unique bond between dogs and humans, which in turn can improve how we train psychiatric service dogs and therapy dogs to help many people in need.
Dogs and Human Emotions
Dogs are observant animals, and they tend to know much more about their owners than we think. They can read body language cues, distinguish various tones of voice, and even read facial expressions and connect them to the appropriate emotion. They often become masters of nonverbal communication and can quickly pick up on their owner’s emotional state by solely relying on their observational skills.
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Guardian Dog’s Work Day Adorably Interrupted By Sheep Friend
A dog’s work day gets interrupted by a sheep.
One viewer joked, “An inappropriate workplace relationship!” Another joined in, writing, “Talk about kissing up to the boss.”
“I love it. That sheep is in love. I just love animals,” wrote another.
“That’s why that breed of dog is so good working with sheep,” pointed out one viewer. Several other people agreed with one person noting, “That’s a good boy, he’s putting up with it because it’s his job. He would die trying to protect his flock. It isn’t love and it isn’t cute it’s a amazing ability that, that breed has.”
We think the sweet moment is a mix of breed instinct and affection because livestock guardian dogs thrive when they have a job to do and when they receive affection from their farm animal friends
Man Discovers Neighbor’s Wheelchair Ramp In Wrong Place For One Heartwarming Reason
There isn’t much a pet parent won’t do to make sure their dog is comfortable. This is especially the case when our dogs age. All the ailments we get as we age – stiff joints, arthritis, and the like – our dogs get too.
So it’s heartwarming to see examples of this care even if it creates some confusion at first. Alex Dunhom shared such an example after explaining her dad was confused by something their neighbors in Nashua, New Hampshire had done.
Instead of extending their wheelchair ramp from the front door to the driveway, it extended all the way out to their lawn. For weeks, he didn’t understand, and then he saw Hershey.
Hershey is a senior dog and the wheelchair ramp is for him. They placed the ramp out front to allow their senior dog to continue to enjoy the outside lawn.
Dunhom wrote on the Dogspotting Facebook group:
“For weeks my Dad didn’t understand why our neighbors would build a wheelchair ramp into the lawn instead of the driveway.”
“Then we saw this elderly, chunky boy in the yard who can’t climb stairs anymore. Dad has replaced his confusion with admiration for these 10/10 owners and their very good dog.”
“I have been informed by another neighbor that his name is Hershey.”
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We too applaud the homeowners in providing their dog a comfortable way to walk in and out of the home – and it looks like the ramp also helps him get around in the snow!
This thoughtfulness reminds us of the family who built their dog a personal elevator so he can get into the back yard and the other family who built George the Dachshund special ramps all over their home.
Rescue Dog Finds Chihuahua Lost In Snow For Three Days
November 16, 2021
A rescue dog with a knack for finding lost dogs recently saved the life of a tiny Chihuahua who had been lost for three days in the freezing cold. Willow was out with her dad searching for Taco after learning the Chihuahua went missing in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
The amateur sleuth/search dog managed to track Taco down in less than 5 minutes! The poor Chihuahua looks so cold, but he’s so lucky he survived and was found in time!
Willow’s dad explains how the successful rescue came about:
“In February 2021 Willow helped me track down a Weimaraner dog, Luna, that had been lost for 12hrs in -20*C it took only about 15 minutes to find her after many other people had been looking,” describes the dog owner on ViralHog.
“When I saw a Chihuahua had been missing for three days close to the spot where I had found the Weimaraner, I took Willow there and started looking for tracks. As soon as I let Willow off leash she ran down the hill 300m to Taco, it took less than 5 minutes.”
Willow’s dad says Willow had an amazing rescue story herself. He found her in 2019 “dumped in the woods with two broken rear legs. Nobody claimed her, so I adopted her.”
The two spend hours every day in the forest. It’s wonderful how Willow is paying forward her rescue by helping other dogs in need!
Man Saves Mother And Puppies From Freezing To Death In Woods
A Finnish man had seen a stray dog wandering around the edge of the forest in his town late in summer. Winter soon arrived and he saw the dog again, but this time he noticed the female dog had swollen breasts, indicating that she had recently given birth to puppies.
The man inquired with people in the neighborhood, but no one recognized the dog or knew where she had come from. With winter temperatures dipping, the Good Samaritan knew that the dog and her puppies would never survive the sub-zero cold. So he brought some food into the woods and went looking for her den.
When he found traces of a den he contacted the local animal rescue called Tassutarha and asked if they could come out and check the situation.
Their mother was a mixed breed dog and was apprehensive when they first approached the hole in the ground. To their great surprise they found nine small puppies!
Rescuers told the Finnish newspaper Iltalehti that the mother and her puppies were feral and the puppies had spent their first few weeks living in their den and had never seen people before. After several hours they were able to get the puppies out safely.
The puppies were 6 to 8 weeks old and had parasites but were in amazingly good condition given they had been living in the wild and in winter conditions. Veterinarians were amazed that the mother had been able to keep the puppies alive given the freezing temperatures at night.
When word spread on social media about the wild puppies, the shelter was flooded with emails from animal lovers wishing to adopt the puppies. The puppies were rescued in January and would first be dewormed, vaccinated and socialized before being happily adopted!
Thank goodness that kind-hearted man decided to act!
Tiny War Dog Saved Soldiers’ Lives in WWII and Became First Therapy Dog
A tiny Yorkshire Terrier named Smoky may not have looked tough, but the dog was a seasoned war veteran by the end of World War II. Not only that, her owner credited her with saving his life and she became the first ever registered therapy dog after the war.
Smoky was first discovered in an abandoned foxhole in the New Guinea jungle by an American soldier in February 1944. The soldiers originally thought she belonged to a Japanese soldier, but she did not understand commands in either English or Japanese, leaving her origins unknown.
It was while back at camp that Corporal William (Bill) A. Wynne of Cleveland, Ohio, bought Smoky for around $6.00 so that the other soldier could continue to play poker
It turned out to be a fortuitous purchase – one that Wynne credits with saving his life.
One time, she lead Wynne to safety when they were being bombarded by shellfire from a transport ship. The explosions hit the men around them, but Wynne survived uninjured thanks to Smoky’s warnings.
For two years, Smoky endured the extreme conditions of the jungle and combat, sleeping with Wynne in his tent and sharing his rations. She became a member of the 5th Air Force and was credited with twelve combat missions and awarded eight battle stars fore her bravery and life-saving work.
She learned numerous tricks that kept the soldiers entertained. Her intelligence and stamina served her well when she had to run telegraph wire through pipes for the ground crewmen building an airbase. She had to crawl through soil-filled, narrow pipes.
According to Wikipedia, the work was dangerous as Wynne told NBC-TV:
“I tied a string (tied to the wire) to Smoky’s collar and ran to the other end of the culvert . . . (Smoky) made a few steps in and then ran back. `Come, Smoky,’ I said sharply, and she started through again. When she was about 10 feet in, the string caught up and she looked over her shoulder as much as to say `what’s holding us up there?'”
“The string loosened from the snag and she came on again. By now the dust was rising from the shuffle of her paws as she crawled through the dirt and mold and I could no longer see her. I called and pleaded, not knowing for certain whether she was coming or not.”
“At last, about 20 feet away, I saw two little amber eyes and heard a faint whimpering sound . . . at 15 feet away, she broke into a run. We were so happy at Smoky’s success that we patted and praised her for a full five minutes.”
When she returned home, she became famous, performing tricks on television and touring veteran hospitals. She is considered the first therapy dog on record. Very big shoes for a small dog. She is also credited with the enduring popularity of the Yorkie breed in the United States. She died at age 14 in 1957 and is buried in Cleveland Metroparks.
Great Big Story recently released a video highlighting Smoky’s story, which includes part of Wynne’s interview about Smoky.
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