Research

“We’re hoping to restore mobility,” said veterinarian Michael Randall. “He had this procedure once before, and it helped him out a whole lot.”

Dogs do form the kind of bonds of dependency with their human moms and dads, not too dissimilar to the one we humans form with our parents.

“Frankly, it’s the crazy ones,” biologist Pete Coppolillo said, laughing.. “The high-energy ones who will look at you with the Frisbee and say ‘come on, let’s go’ again and again.”

“We know very well that dogs are very good at tuning into the feelings of their owners, and we know a good dog owner can detect emotional changes in his dog - but we now begin to understand why this can be,” Dr. Andics said.

A dog was dragged into deeper waters by a tide. The pet swam and climbed onto a reef, and waited for rescuers to come to her aide.