Dogs Can Smell Cancer | Secret Life of Dogs | BBC Earth

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Max smelt cancer in Maureen before any medical scans could pick it up. Dogs do this naturally and can be trained to pick up on tiny volatile chemicals given off by cancerous tumors. They can even be taught to alert diabetics to low blood sugar levels.
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[@mecaaraujo]

They are very intelligents beings. Angels with 4 paws.

[@Nunyahh]

Meca Araujo IKR

[@aymen9000]

If angel smell stinky like a dog then I hate angels

[@zakklebowski7712]

They are also very tasteful

[@karenmcardle142]

I agree 1000 % they are angels . 😇

[@LoveGuruBlaire]

Animals are amazing, it's so sad how many of us don't honor them as they should be

[@danielaherne8608]

Well said :)

[@pankajsahu1881]

LoveGuruBlaire zoo do zoo zoo

[@uncomfortablyclose8481]

Some native Americans would do a ceromony in honor of the animal they had hunted before they could eat it

[@blackmonkey965]

UncomfortablyClose yes

[@kyleclemmons7295]

LoveGuruBlaire everyone has a purpose in this world and that includes animals

[@PetHerald360]

Dogs are more than man's best friend. They are indeed special.

[@chiroxxxrt]

now thats what i call a guardian angel the ones that us humans supposed to have aont doing a good job

[@ItchyKneeSon]

Ask your pastor/preacher to show you in the bible where it says we're supposed to have guardian angels watching over us, preventing us from having bad things happen. Interested to hear his response.

[@uncomfortablyclose8481]

I don’t think he was talking about the Bible

[@ihavetubes]

It is the lord who protects.

[@uncomfortablyclose8481]

Alright guys this isn’t a church you don’t have to talk about god every other comment so let’s just gather ourselves and appreciate evolutions greatest creation.

[@judithjanneck1719]

My mom had cancer and our dog always sniffed her tummy and she didn't know why. Such a smart dog! Listen to your dog!

[@zerbacify]

My Lab, at age 6, would suddenly poke her nose in the area of my ovary and I could not understand why until I was rushed to the ER. Found out I had an abcess the size of a great fruit. Long story short, she saved my life. The infection was bad. Dogs can do wonderful things. I wish people wouldnt just walk away from their pets to let them runfree and be homeless.

[@Joeyblondewolf2]

My husband hit his thumb so hard at work, the nail turned black and its slowly falling off. Every time he pets our corgi, she gentle nudges his hand with her nose and always kisses that thumb while looking so sad. 😭 I love our precious baby!

[@karenmcardle142]

Get your husband to get that checked . Blessings to you both 🙏

[@DiViNiTY1337]

I have lived with dogs all my life, and one day after coming home with severe pain in the right side of my chest after crashing my motocross the oldest dog, which we'd had since I was like five years old, came up to me and seemed to be concerned and stressed, and was generally looking quite sad, even though I didn't express the fact that I was in pain. Two days later I had an x-ray, turns out I had a broken rib. Dogs are marvelous creatures indeed.

[@bhat1325]

Fredrik Nilsson

[@clementlee2121]

Sometimes I don’t think we deserve dogs, they are creatures sent to us as gifts, not only as a companion to comfort us but sometime even to save us. They love us unconditionally and their loyalty is unbeatable. Any angers sometimes I have for my dog for misbehaving quickly melts away when I look at the bigger picture. I hope mine never goes, but if he does, a long time from now, I know all dogs goes to heaven.

[@neilburns8869]

Not just man's best friend. Whoever says that dogs are not intelligent don't really know what they are talking about. They have so much love to give and ask for so little in return.

[@pjanoo6973]

This brought me to tears to think someone could abuse such a gift

[@wafaavilos1102]

my 9th month old dog a crossbreed of labrador and jack russel... lately he always smells my private part and sometimes he wants to go inside the comfort room with me and sit beside me while im peeing. one day i woke up having a hard time urinating. i visited my obgyne for check up and give me some laboratory exams and went on a procedure... my pathology results was i have endometrial grade 1 cancer... lastweek went to a procedure called total hysterectomy. my aunt told me that since i was operated and stayed in the hospiital for 6 days my dog was sad and always sits on the corner and waiting for me. i went home yesterday and the 1st thing he does smell again my tummy and wags his tail and lick my face. he looks very happy and excited to see me. im recuperating and Praying that everything will be ok. I LOVE YOU MINIMAX!

[@available343]

Why would anyone dislike this video? It's so sweet.

[@jorebucks]

It’s the cats they are jealous

[@youwantmyname9208]

@@jorebucks whwt

[@ziggypop8106]

Cranks

[@leow5632]

Cat people. They find any opportunity to hate on dogs

[@dertythegrower]

@@leow5632 feminism

[@freni223]

One of the greatest gift to human from nature is dogs.

[@ah00dii85]

its crazy dogs have a keen sense of smell, our dog knew my dad was in his last days before he passed away. they were so close and every time my dad would try to get our dog to come in the house he would run away from him and moan, so sad

[@SylversVolpe]

There is no creature that is more loyal. My condolences to your family.

[@sak47yzxtc87]

Animals are the best creatures on the Earth!

[@jabberwockydraco4913]

Humans are animals, not exactly that great as a whole

[@Bessortiz1977]

sak47yzxtc well us humans aren't as great but true

[@sak47yzxtc87]

@@Thomas-nc9fz ok, english is not my native language..

[@tonydmty1234567]

Miracles at our service.

[@ckks2008]

It's funny how you can look back on things with a different perspective. A few years ago our cocker spaniel started acting strange with one of our friends, he went from being super friendly to acting scared and growling at him. We joked with our friend that he must of kicked the dog or something (he never would of). Our friend died two weeks ago from cancer. I'm absolutely certain now that the dog could smell the cancer and was trying to warn us in his own way. Unfortunately by the time our friend showed any physical symptoms it was already too late for him. Trust your dog ❤

[@richardmulledy3857]

Things like this are what leads me to believe that God's angels aren't winged men, but rather shaggy little quadrupeds with wagging tails and bright eyes. What wonderful creatures.

[@DEGS1010]

Amen to that!!!

[@baiji123]

It is interesting that Dog is God spelt backwards.

[@Pravdacz-tp8zu]

You're half right. Angels really are not winged men. That's just their appearance when talking to people. In "reality", Angels look like the weirdest monsters imaginable.

[@shannon2748]

Dogs and cats are truly angels sent to us from above. My cat always knows when I am sick, when I am about to leave the house, etc. She also knows when I am sad.

[@NESherv]

From a cinematic perspective, this is beautifully shot.

[@a1white]

Incredible that the dog detected the cancer before the mammogram. Also shows that the specialists believed the dog knew something, that otherwise I doubt the NHS would do a biopsy after a negative mammogram

[@bokchoiman]

What did we do to deserve these creatures?

[@Gerno_]

Feline Fillet buy dogs instead of cats, maybe?

[@HarmonicVector]

We bred them and gifted them the ability to bark. Lol

[@immortal2893]

Domesticated cross bred wolves

[@bhf4972]

Feed wolfs

[@kaawa6666]

Why the hell am I crying? It's so moving for me, angels

[@dutchandbilly]

Mans best friend!

[@haggis53]

Dogs are just amazing.

[@istvansipos9940]

real heroes they even take a bullet for their masters, no questions asked

[@pamelacohenifland]

It brought tears to my eyes I love dogs so much, they are angels send to earth

[@wynterwillow1360]

Dogs. Mans best friend.❤️

[@Nena_Eylici]

Dogs are truly amazing creatures. They do so much for us, yet some of us torture and kill these life savers. It's so sad. Love dogs, because they call em man's best friend for a reason.

[@omgwhat.....1007]

My dog died from cancer today... the other dogs smelled it too. ☹️😞

[@jas16899]

This is why I pee on my dog. If he's happy, I know everything going alright.

[@jeffitito]

+Ford RS it kinda is funny

[@kerr1538]

looollll this is uncomfortably hilarious

[@d.straham3604]

Fabian-Eduardo Chacon, Humor---sit, humor.

[@muriellecouture3568]

I love dogs, I've had them all my life, and I do think that they are physic. they are so amazing.

[@monstermonty9074]

"What would the world be without dogs?" I can't imagine it, but then again why would you want to?

[@yinaninjaplatypus]

Dogs are amazing.

[@neilburns8869]

A real good friend. Dogs are such wonderful creatures and give so much love.🥰😊👏👍🤝

[@jukucholove]

We need to invent a way to clearly understand what dogs are saying and thinking.

[@patjones2759]

They truly are man's best friend....

[@Oilall]

that explained why my dog always bark at my computer whenever i scroll down the page on youtube

[@fayHoran]

Lol

[@imanirivera9226]

Dogs are so smart❤️

[@WilliamGriffinCellsToCells]

That's incredible!

[@lilyflores5207]

Love dogs so very much!!

[@nelsonhoogerhyde4173]

we, huans are very lucky to have these furballs as our guardian angels.. we have yet to discover what theycan really do to help us on our sometimes long and lonely jorney thru time aand space.. god must have put them here for us to learn from at times my yellow lab amazes me.. by watching our everymove they knowwhen we are happy, ot unhappy, or sick or well.. gods little angels imo,: beyond words ? yes!! ! ! we are so much better because of them.!!!, man's best friend??? as almost always, absolutely,,,

[@LaurenJewel]

This video makes me so happy😌

[@OnizukaGTO]

52 cats dislike this video

[@mybuddy6888]

+Onizuka GTO That's because they are jealous! Ha, ha! :)

[@thecatsmeow6652]

+My Buddy Cats can sense death coming. I bet it was just a bunch of hater cat people. Dogs and cats are equally amazing.

[@iCannoNz98]

+The Cat's Meow Also cats have been know to sense cancer...

[@taylorlatch94]

yeah but cats want you to die so they wont warn you

[@Bessortiz1977]

Taylor Latch no.. you have to train the cat you dumbass

[@DestatiDiaboli]

I have a narcolepsy and hypoglycemia...wheres my dog?! :'(

[@TalentHounds]

Yes- when filming Cancer detection dogs for Talent Hounds, the dogs found cancer in a member of our crew and probably saved his life. Also amazing stories of service and therapy dogs eg Heartwarming story of boy with autism and his dog

[@ItsMeYeah888]

I remember watching something that had a dog bite his owners toe off because it was infected, or something like that.

[@michellemichelle5202]

Amazing. Animals are incredible

[@graffitifreak333]

THIS IS SO CUTEEEEEEEEEE AND I DONT WANT TO CRY :(

[@KaleidoscopeEffect]

This video made me cry! I'm happy both the lady and the dog are fine 😊❤

[@dreadhead170]

Amazing dog.

[@LeftIsBest001]

It would be very useful to be able to replicate a dog's sense of smell electronically. Simple breath tests could diagnose issues early.

[@piv9976]

a few months ago we started noticing a change in one of our cats. She would avoid our 12 year old other cat. She wouldn't sleep next to him anymore and avoid contact with him in general. A week later after we noticed her acting strangely towards him our boy wouldn't eat anymore. And I had a bad feeling about the entire situation so we went to vet and he was diagnosed with liver cancer :-( and we had to put him down that same day. Animals are amazingly intuitive

[@Enderwings]

:) awwwww, such a heartwarming story!

[@neverbesilentever5179]

God bless them all

[@DJoy221]

Sweet Max 🥺 RIP you sweet angel ❤️

[@kdooley3435]

animals really are amazing. I'm a firm believer that animals are hyper aware. They know when we are sad or sick. My cats always know sit by me when I'm sad or upset, and they also stay with you if you're really sick. its like they know

[@toryberch]

My little pomeranian picked up on my I'll health by staring at me. She would follow me around and just stare..

[@78g476]

Amazing animals. They should also be trained to detect heart disease and heart attacks.

[@georgegarcia7611]

Dogs aren't trained to detect disease's hey are born with it,it's one of their instincts. People can't train a dog or cat to do anything it's already capable of doing. Anyone that says they can "train" a dog/cat to detect cancer is just trying to make a buck.

[@debj4613]

@@georgegarcia7611 funny, you could train them. Detect bombs, or drugs. Just give them some material to smell such as semtex that usually common in one of material in bombs.

[@georgegarcia7611]

@@debj4613 I was talking about disease not bombs,of course they need to be trained on that. Or with drugs but not cancer,that's natural to them.

[@debj4613]

@@georgegarcia7611 Some dogs can detect cancer, but the aforementioned training component is key

[@georgegarcia7611]

@@debj4613 They can also see spirits, detect earthquakes minutes before humans can, can sense when bad weather is on its way, can see in the dark,have supernatural hearing and oh did I tell you they can see spirits. Oh yes, I know it's happened to me and even the bad weather situation right before the tornado hit our rottweiller was spinning in circles.

[@dottiejohnson1156]

A lot of shelter dogs could be saved if people would pull them out of the shelters and train them to do this. It doesn't have to be a purebred - folks - just training!

[@fgz1]

Amazing!

[@Coptah]

Meanwhile cats don't do shit.

[@aimjackson82]

Lmao

[@AngelArroyoAlejandro87]

dat true and i am a cat lover goddamit

[@vcapers5554]

I've been cat sitting for 5 days. I've seen her maybe 30 minutes of it. Probably shouldn't have brought my dogs. :)

[@TomOsp]

Cats take care of themselves, dogs need taking care of.

[@Coptah]

Great, they can do nothing for free.

[@yansally491]

How can there be 3 people that doesn't like this video ....like wtf you want cancer?!

[@stabber63]

haha. they were obviously cats...

[@lesterhayban6324]

Truly amazing, hence why I love them so much...

[@ProAxieGamers]

yeah, my dog also smelling my nose everyday morning. I have a nazopharingeal carcinoma.

[@michelemorgan3386]

Thanks for that wonderful video !

[@dfwdiscgolf6460]

Beautiful.... Wishing you more happy years ahead with you and max

[@JackIsNotInTheBox]

Coincidence or not, this is a great happy ending.

[@mybuddy6888]

There are more and more things we are starting to find out about the amazing abilities dogs have!

[@MatthewJones-gz3hb]

This is absolutely mind blowing and all to amazing!!

[@belleville1805]

Most members in my family don't apreciate our own dog, the treat her very bad with make me so pissed off that I just want to scream to them. God she deserve a Happy place since she is old and sometimes is sad to lood at her :(

[@ankitshukla4573]

My heart is Crying....

[@mmmurmurrr9937]

Dogs are truly one of the best thing in life. So are other animals that make us happy :)

[@marianamendes5192]

That is fantastic. They are very intelligent. Cats as well. My grandmother that had cancer my cat would sit very sad on her and when I had a very dangerous illness before I was diagnosed my cat would sit and point to my intestine looking very sad 😭. I was diagnosed some time after he still knew I was unwell would massage my belly with paws . Now I had a surgery removed large intestine.Its like he knew .

[@AngelArroyoAlejandro87]

this is so true i my friend got a dog and each time i hurt my leg the dog start licking my leg like he can cure that scratch i got in my leg.

[@tishabyte]

Amazing.

[@anap2159]

Dogs are the best!!!! I love them so much!!! To the people who think animals don't have a brain and abuse them, you're the one that's dumb!!

[@ulysseskruger6095]

Incredible

[@anamira2908]

I cried so much watching this

[@baiji123]

Dogs are amazing! Thank you Max!

[@bravonandamoirangthem2455]

They are good dogs Brent

[@artemiskallergi]

its so cute and sad and i cried AAAAAA I LOVE DOGS

[@snarflatful]

Sweet boy.

[@yuktasingh2708]

Dogs are just miracles 8n whoever life they are

[@ziggypop8106]

I love Martin Clunes' voice. He's brilliant ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@TimJBucci]

How lovely.

[@gravitasonline6760]

bless his soul

[@blz777]

Absolutely great!

[@deinemuddawow]

Beautiful! Miss my dog.

[@Jamilils]

Wow that's amazing!

[@devikamp]

Amazing research!

[@rohisoerdjan6644]

wow these dogs are docters

[@gaIexy]

What did we do to deserve dogs

[@tranglam6419]

we don't deserve dogsss😭😭❤

[@nylersmum]

Max is amazing just like my fox red Labrador missy she saved my life the same way she too alerted me on my breast cancer they really are mans best friend

[@kellywilson-lawson1857]

And people wonder why I like dogs better then cats

[@kamalshukla6644]

kelly wilson whitehead EXACTLY

[@Ghostlyking-tc3vu]

I feel the same way

[@thisguy35]

that's because you never loved one

[@sacatolasmoreira5593]

kelly Whitehead than*

[@chelbau]

Exactly!

[@beeb.w.6389]

God bless that dog. Just saying now... *Dogs = Angels*

[@markkosseifi7120]

Bless you both

[@ImAmazing1397]

this is amazing!