The Problem Dogs Solved That We Couldn't

[@cidercreekranch]

My spouse and I raised service dogs. The second dog we raised did not make it as a guide for a blind person and was transferred to the dog for diabetic organization. There he learned how to detect that a diabetic's blood sugar level was low and to alert the person and to not stop alerting until the person took action.

[@virutech32]

wow did not know blood sugar dogs were a thing. why would i ever want to use the blood test. Just give me some beagles😁

[@gioflores7989]

Had a coworker who had a service dog and said it was for when his blood sugars are low. Since he has type 3 with the machine attached to him to give him his insulin

[@wickedcabinboy]

@@gioflores7989 - Sorry, there's no such thing as type three diabetes. What you've described is type 1 or insulin dependent diabetes - the pancreas is producing either insufficient insulin or none at all and insulin must be given to supplement the deficiency. This generally begins early in life, either in childhood or adolescence. Type 2 diabetes or insulin resistant diabetes is a condition wherein the pancreas is producing adequate amounts of insulin but the cells don't absorb insulin well. Medication - not insulin - must be given to assist in the cells' absorption of insulin. This is not uncommon in older adults.

[@hammerheadcorvette4]

@@wickedcabinboy Type 3 is in reference to Alzheimer’s disease

[@wickedcabinboy]

@@hammerheadcorvette4 - The full post reads "Had a coworker who had a service dog and said it was for when his _blood sugars are low_ Since he has type 3 with the _machine attached him_ to give him his _insulin"_ Now, I'm a nurse with 25 years experience in an ICU. That post says nothing about Alzheimer's but rather speaks of diabetes, type 1. The insulin pump and low blood sugar are the tip offs. Edit: I need to apologize to you for my initial response. It's pretty clear I don't know everything and you taught me something today. There is, in fact a Type 3 diabetes but I've never ever encountered it in my practice. In Type 3 diabetes it is specifically the brain cells of the Alzheimer's patient that become resistant to insulin. I still can't infer from the post that the coworker had Type 3 diabetes given that an Alzheimer's patient isn't generally employed but I'm making no absolute statements about that. Again, please accept my apologies.

[@_Mike.P]

My parents previous dog warned them when I had a seizure in the middle of the night while I was sleeping behind a closed door. This happened twice. And this wasn’t even a trained dog, she was a former street dog we adopted.

[@Knownsky]

The dog must care about you

[@anima6035]

😭 dogs are the freaking best omg 😭

[@liamo6_rblx290]

Dogs are extremely smart, and they can also have seizures too. It probably knew that you weren’t having normal behaviour and it warned everyone.

[@bobb.6393]

@@Knownsky absolutely

[@billyandrew]

My friend had a dog, several decades ago, untrained, but it would alert him, giving him time to get to a couch, his bed, any soft surface to prevent accidents, as his fitting occurred. He had an implant embedded in his skull, as he got older, which senses a seizure and sends a short burst of electricity to the required area, stopping the fit in it's tracks. He isn't even aware of it and leads a normal life.

[@bruces1g]

We have a Beagle-Jack Russel mix rescue named Rosy. Rosy is terrified of thunderstorm (and even rain). We call her our Weather Girl. She can take a quick sniff outside (and even inside) and will then run to her "safety space" (a dog bed under an end table). When this happens, we know there will be a rain or storm within a couple of hours. Today she predicted a storm front that was about 65 miles distance and moving our way! Anytime she does her "weather check" we always look at the weather radar app to see how close/far it is. Over the course of about 8 years, she has never been wrong!

[@lulumoon6942]

👍❤️

[@Sunny12-23]

We had a Norwegian Elkhound who could do the same. He too was scared of thunder and rain. Oddly enough he was named Odin.

[@rossyvizcarra1927]

Cool

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

I have a lab who is NEVER late with dinner time! In fact, BOTH were like that! Lol. On the minute, too.

[@superpuppy321]

long live rosy

[@SnuffBee]

I'm currently training my dog to detect my migraines/VS snow flair ups based on my saliva (in cotton pads don't worry). I adopted him from a rescue (he sprinted out of his foster dad's control and knocked me over licking my face) and I noticed he started aggressively sniffing at my face whenever I had a flair up. He's having a hard time with general training, but I'm shocked at how keen he was right from meeting me at my own health. Dogs are amazing and I'm so glad he chose me.

[@mhordijk0871]

Some things are meant to be. The right players, at the right time, at the right place.

[@SuperManning11]

You said you’re having trouble with general training-for me, I watched tons of YT vids on training, and they were helpful, but there was nothing as good as getting help from a professional trainer. The level of effective communication between me and my dog was raised significantly after professional training. I felt that the training was actually more for me than my dog, teaching me how to remain consistent, and how to make sure my family was being consistent in how they spoke to the dog and what they asked of the dog. It was beneficial throughout the life of my dog, as he knew he could communicate with me and vice versa. I highly recommend it!

[@frizzlethecat2084]

I imagine it is because for a dog, things like smelling is just natural and easy, while walking on a leash and sitting when told to is not. I am a trainer for mantrailing, so basically finding humans. I do it for those people who want to get their dogs a bit more brain-training, although a few of my trainees are also SAR-dogs. So it's not super-duper high-level training. I still try to do it in a way that would make it possible for any of the dogs to be a professional (and their humans, of course... it's usually the human that poses the limits ;-) ) and it is amazing to see how happy the dogs are to 'work' such things. It doesn't matter what kind of dog, and not even the age of the dog (although of course the older ones will never be as great as those learning as puppies) - all of them CAN do it and most of them really love doing it. My suggestion for your overall-training for your dog, based on my own experiences with rescue-dogs and also puppies: pick and choose. Decide which tricks and traits the dog ABSOLUTELY needs for their safety and your own health and concentrate on those. Let everything else slide, or just put it aside for later. Does the dog NEED to sit at a sidewalk? Or is it just adamant that it stops there? If sitting is not necessary, just train "stop" instead of "sit", as it is easier for the dog to learn. Does it NEED to walk right at your left/right leg? Or is it just necessary that it won't pull you through the street wherever it wants to go? If it just needs to walk without pulling you left and right or forward, concentrate on that and leave the "heel" off as a fancy trick. Things not to compromise on: "come here", and probably "leave it!", although I have to admit that I've been a bit slobby with that one myself ;-) Anyway, either way - good luck!

[@resourceress7]

Can you say more about your migraines/VS flare-ups? Does having the dog tell you when the symptoms are about to happen help you take medication early or lie down early or something?

[@AmberAmber]

@SnuffBee TY for sharing! XO

[@nathanmartin9276]

Gives a whole new meaning to lab tests

[@svenmorgenstern9506]

Up next - cat scans! 🐈

[@ksv314]

goddamn you take my upvote

[@jackfrost2146]

Dogs could probably do good cat scans as well.

[@herbertwatson5662]

Under rated comment

[@eric2500]

I'm howling at your pun!

[@drbettyschueler3235]

Cats, rats, and I'm sure other animals, can also detect illnesses. It was a cat who detected my breast cancer. It took two years to get a physician to order a mammogram, due to my age. By then, the cancer had spread throughout my body. So far, cats have notified me four times of cancer and where it is in my body. That has helped keep me alive, despite stage 4 cancer, for 29 years. Between cutting out new tumors, radiation, and chemo, I've been able to keep one step ahead of the cancer.

[@loumarlin3040]

How do they let you know where it is. My dog always wants to smell my breath. But I did have a major heart attack a month ago.

[@marisamartin3664]

God bless you- what a shame they made you wait so long.

[@drbettyschueler3235]

@@loumarlin3040 If a dog, cat, or any pet your are close with repeatedly sniffs the same part of your body you need to have it checked out. Dogs are really good with the heart. Mine used to wake me up at night by pacing when my heart was acting up. He'd huff and puff, while he paced, due to his anxiety, and the sound would wake me. My cats would pat the area where the cancer was over and over.

[@deefee701]

@@loumarlin3040 It's fascinating isn't it. I read that dogs smell out breath to find out where we've been to eat. Do you eat out a lot? Otherwise, start hitting down when the dog does smell you and where. You might see a pattern. I did hear that dogs repeatedly headbutt areas that turn out to have cancer.

[@lulumoon6942]

What a blessing, love your friends extra hard! ❤️🐾💞

[@cferracini]

There are planty of stories of dogs knowing their owner is pregnant way before she found out. They describe it as a change in the dog's behavour. Usually described as more affectionate, careful and protective

[@AngiePerezTV]

I know this is about dogs, but my cat also picked up on my pregnancy (and later miscarriage) way before I did. He was over-protective of me the entire time and would cuddle up to me a lot more than usual.

[@zp944]

This isn't really that impressive, even I can smell where a woman is on her menstrual cycle.

[@echospaw899]

I sometimes suffer seizures, and at times I can tell/feel when they're about to happen. But most of the time I don't. I have a sheepdog that I adopted as a small puppy, and we immediately developed a special bond as he was growing older. He would act out in a way toward me just before I started to show signs of having a seizure. How he does it, I don't know, but, he seems to be in tune with me in ways I never saw coming. Dogs are amazing creatures. 💜 U Echo!!

[@jakefilmore]

I had a beautiful Cane Corso Mastiff, Jake, he started having grand mal seizures at 2. Sometimes I could notice a seizure coming on, he would be puzzled, as it got closer his eyes were darting about & I knew to turn off the lights, get him to lay quietly & hope the seizure wasn't too bad. He knew one was coming & he would approach me, worried & afraid. 1 time the seizure didn't stop & kept going & going. We had to rush him to the vets a wonderful woman who didn't mind being called on at 3am. She gave him meds to sedate him or he would've died & said she would keep him for a wk or 2, taking him home at night, where her Bullmastif would wake her if Jake had a seizure! Next morning she brought him into work so he could be monitored all day. He was medicated with Phenobarbital & Eltroxin as he had a thyroid deficiency. The standard med was meat flavored & Jake Hated it, he could smell it at the other end of house, impossible to make him take it. He lived on meds for 6 yrs, then I started weaning him off, soon he was on a low dose thyroid med & no more seizures. He lived to be 13, a grand old age for his breed. Another time at the vets, the young girls who come to walk all the dogs came in to be met by Jake running loose, foaming at the mouth, looking like he was rabid, he had opened cages for a duck & racoon to escape & let the resident Crow loose too! He broke the door leading to an exam room with a small fridge that had samples, cream for coffee & his all time favorite snack- Rollover! He emptied the file cabinet & shit on the papers, chewed through another door & chewed the wall. My vet was upset with the staff, Jake was a known escape artist & should've been locked in a special cage, he wasn't & that's how he got out & sprang the other inmates. Glad my vet loved Jake so much, she apologised profusely to me, no harm done to Jake but she did have a repair bill to fix the damage. Jake had separation anxiety, 180 lb baby who thought he was a chiuahua, had to sit beside me & didn't like my husband sharing my bed! The game of jumping on/off the bed at night was funny! for me! Lol! He was my best friend & I miss him still. RIP my friend Jake.

[@jaredkennedy6576]

My wife's red heeler absolutely can read moods, and when anyone is getting stressed or emotional he'll run up and start licking them. My Swiss Shepherd has started doing the same for me, she was a rescue and has taken a long time to get comfortable with people.

[@haroldfarquad6886]

For sure they can. I dog sat my friend's dog about 3 years ago and was not in a good place in life. I broke down one afternoon and she immediately came up and started licking and nudging me to feel better. Seeing such an instinctive display to comfort made me feel better in seconds. My current dog did the same thing as a puppy about two months ago, running up in my lap and licking my face, which he never does on a normal day. Dogs are the greatest gift humans were ever given.

[@anima6035]

@@haroldfarquad6886 I had a similar experience ❤️ dogs are such a gift in this mad world.

[@itzybitzyspyder]

This is why they love sticking their head out the car window. They get an overwhelming cacophony of smells. Also why they live a fresh snow. They get a clean slate and they can dig for smells.

[@jesuschrist3872]

It’s impossible to watch this documentary without wanting to pet these dogs! 🐶

[@sogari2187]

"...without wanting to [g]et these dogs!"

[@yungnachty4474]

@@sogari2187 I am petting my dogs right now watching this 😂

[@flaviassimas]

dogs are so precious

[@anima6035]

Dog is god spelt backwards 🤔 what does it mean please, Jesus?

[@fuccyahhat1229]

@@anima6035 lmao 😂

[@benbevan3120]

Don't forget that some dog breeds like pugs and British bulldogs really can't smell that well and a comparison in x-rays shows why breeding for show is really sad.

[@Periwinkleaccount]

More specifically, breeding for a squished face is. Fortunately, pugs that can breath normally still exist, and are just as cute as the deformed ones, so you can get one of those.

[@anthonyfaiell3263]

People who buy bulldogs and pugs (and some other over breeded canus family lines) honestly disgust me. Those two specific breeds don't even look good. And that doesn't even count their dark history of over breeding. Continuing to buy these breeds ensures more breeding will happen. The fact that so few people who actually own these breeds even know anything about this is a perfect example of why democracy is a fool's wish. These people won't even research key aspects of their own lives, let alone politics and decisions that will affects millions of other people's lives as well.

[@cooloox]

@@anthonyfaiell3263 You need to get a grip of yourself. Bulldogs make amazing pets and are very loyal. I find you more dangerous than a dog. Let me guess: you're a democrat?

[@anthonyfaiell3263]

@Anonymous D?NGO Yea, that was a bit of a jump wasn't it... lol. Welcome to ADHD and my brain.

[@zoeydeu2261]

Buy a mutt or adopt a rescue. Stop buying inbred dogs from puppy mills!

[@SusanHopkinson]

When I’m walking my very social dog she sometimes barks unexplainably at certain people. As I work with people on their health and can see how illness shows up on the face and body, I gradually realised that she was barking at people who are unhealthy and possibly quite ill, although still functioning day to day. They are often elderly and after 7 years of this I’m convinced that is what is happening. This video has given me a lot of reasons to believe my intuition - and most especially hers!

[@Imthebiggestbird124]

My dog does this too! I’ve been thinking the same thing you just stated. Because he’s so friendly and wouldn’t hurt a fly. He only does it to some people, not all. So when people ask me if he’s friendly; I say yes.. but sometimes he barks. He’s all bark though, no bite lol

[@vickils9571]

Dogs also bark at people with anger issues or anxiety.

[@DNAleguillou]

Question, what breed do you have? I had a dog bark at me expressing a lot of concern 😟. Almost wanting to tell me, hey, there's something wrong with you. I could almost read his mind. I was diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma and that was my first thought. Just curious if certain breeds are better at detecting than others and how exactly do they react. He kept barking at me, but not in an aggressive manner. Thank you

[@eyeln9ne696]

Once again confirming my belief that dogs are the greatest animals.

[@CRUCESlGNATUS]

Greatest things on planet earth

[@erikbemis2315]

@Steve Sherman hate to be that guy but dogs would do that too if someone didn’t feed them for long enough. I love both cats and dogs but lets not pretend they aren’t both animals who wouldn’t revert to their baser instincts if the situation calls for it.

[@indestructiblemadness8531]

@@erikbemis2315 Im not so sure there is a general statement here. Dogs were bred to be companions. If you have a good relationship with the dog, and you both are hungering, the dog will probably do nothing to harm you. Even if he might die. (actually, I dont think a wild packanimals like a wolf or lion would attack you, if you are within their group. Only that accidents could occur far more likely, if you ran for some reason and their hunting instinct got triggered.) No clue about human sized cats though xD I dont believe they have a similarly good smell, and while they are definitly social, they mostly care about themselfes. Still, I love them xD

[@BruderSenf]

well,cats are pretty great but you cant beat mans best friend

[@erikbemis2315]

@@indestructiblemadness8531 that’s very true, thank you for sharing your perspective. I do agree dogs are far more geared towards companionship but I’ve seen very affectionate cats too. I guess I just love both tbh but you’re right 😂

[@tokas-kb6rb]

In this one chance , in a limitless universe, on this tiny rock I’m glad to have experienced life with dogs. One of the most wholesome beings.

[@loumarlin3040]

This picture of the dog looks just like ours except his ears stick straight up....he is beautiful and weighs 110 lbs last visit to vet.

[@LadyCoyKoi]

I've lost count the number of times my dogs had told me to stop and go eat something, because I couldn't detect that my sugar levels are low until it was too late. When I had a dog, he/she reminded me to go eat, now I have to on my own just estimate that I need to eat something around 3-4 hrs in between snacks and meals. 💀 Far better life when there is a dog around. I am a firm believer that we have advanced civilizations due to three nonhuman animals... horses, cows and dogs. These domesticated beings made us humans get out and make things possible. It amazes me that they still inspire us humans to do more. 🥰

[@jeremymullens7167]

Horses are kinda late for humans and mostly contributed to war.

[@mabru9816]

Cats are absolutely vital to our agriculturally centered civilization.

[@treker2379]

Worth noting that good blinding is extremely important in these tests because dogs are so good at picking up cues from their human handlers. If the handler or someone else present knows which sample the dogs "should" identify, the dogs will pick up on signs in the people, not the sample.

[@frizzlethecat2084]

Yes! Very important point. Dogs are not even the best when it comes to olfactory talents, but they ARE the absolute best to work with humans because they are so linked into human evolution and have evolved into something that would rather pick a human than another dog when they're still puppies. It's insane how well they read us, so there is absolutely no question on whether dogs know our moods. Hell, they know exactly if you#re going into the kitchen for a drink or if you're about to open the fridge! I think that's also the reason they're developing the robot. It will not care about the humans in the room and any test would be less prone to accidental cues. Accidental cues are also the bane of everyone who's doing SAR-work with mantrailing-dogs. Dogs who work without a human close by, like avalanche searches or lost hikers on open planes don't tend to give false positives, while dogs with a human attached on a 10m lead absolutely might "because Hooman wants me to go this way!". It's awful for training-purposes, but it's definitely fun to watch how quick a dog is influenced by the tiniest weight-change towards one foot or the other.

[@batfurs3001]

With the example of the dog identifying the one patients as having cancer before they themselves even knew they had it, and with how good they are at detecting seizures, hyper/hypoglycemia, etc out in the real world I'm very hopeful that doggy tests will be an important and lifesaving part of our medical future. Saving human lives and enriching doggy lives! A dog with a job is a happy dog

[@veramae4098]

Which is why some people are taking a second look at "drug" dogs and others "trained" in police work. The danger is too often that the initial training is correct but the officer who ends up with the dog is not sufficiently trained! Dogs should never be rewarded just because they alert, but later, after it's been proven they found an item. If a dog is rewarded for "detecting" drugs in the field, they will detect often .. or give what are called "alert" responses. Or the officer flat out lies that they saw an "alert" as an excuse to further investigate someone because the officer feels it's needed, not really because the dog alerted.

[@juanausensi499]

@@veramae4098 That's absolutely true. Dogs and their handlers are a team. You have to train the handler as well as the dog.

[@jakefilmore]

@@veramae4098 More often than not police dog handlers do direct the dog of hit on what they want, I little tug, point or even facial movements can cause the dog to react as they want, to please their handler of course. Then when they get the dog to alert but nothing is found they often plant "evidence" to make the arrest. Dogs are great at scent finding, too bad they're capabilities are ignored by cops wanting an arrest.

[@sarahbeara946]

My dogs knew I was pregnant before I did for both of my pregnancies. They would be super clingy and became extremely protective when we left the house. Now if they start acting a little off, I always wonder what’s going on

[@PeterrAre]

Theres a Radiolab podcast episode where a woman realised the men at the alzheimers clinic all had a funny smell including her husband, but no one else could detect it. She had tests and could identify alzheimers samples and similar to the dog experience even picked out samples from the healthy trial group who later went on to develop the condition. The ability is very rare of course in humans!

[@caroldelosangeles3621]

Dna human ♥️ so much more than the sistem wants we know

[@ES11777]

Wow that is amazing thank you for sharing

[@dyosansanhtwe6591]

Wow new knowledge

[@gwolf1404]

BTW - I have had hunting dogs for years, and their ability to find birds is astonishing. 30 feet or more, and when they are positive, there is a bird there! I love them

[@francesleader2746]

My dog, a Groenendahl Belgian Shepherd, could always guide me to our living vehicle but not necessarily via the route we had taken when we left it. I only had to say "Let's go home!" or "Where's the van?" and off he would go with me following along. This was especially useful when we went to festivals with massive carparks where we had left the van maybe days before! He found our cat when she was swept away by a fast flowing river. He was invincible at hide and seek.... there was no getting away from him! When he was 3 years old I became the local Dog Warden and my dog would always help me to find lost pooches very quickly, simply by sniffing the owner. I had to be very quick on my feet to keep up with him as he would be hot on the trail, especially if the dog was frightened or injured. We moved to a fruit farm on a mountain in Spain when he was 7 years old and he made friends with a neighbour's elderly dog. One day, he insisted we walk across country, anxiously rushing ahead of me. He found his friend, deceased in the undergrowth. As he aged and his sight began to fail, he depended on his sense of smell to find me among crowds of people on the beach where we lived. He died of old age a decade ago and I still miss him every day.

[@GeoffryGifari]

if dogs can smell cancer earlier than our instruments, does that mean cancer patients exude a particular blend of molecules to the air?

[@jschouten1985]

Yes

[@stevensteven4863]

Yes I learned this on coughing there is this smell ... and that smell is sometime the infection on your throat

[@mhordijk0871]

It's your body chemistry. It's your hormones and waste products of your metabolism. They pick up on the slightest changes. They can predict epileptic seizures, bloodsugar in diabetics and even dehydration.

[@bonniehall578]

Cancer has a definite smell.

[@AquilaCat]

I could smell the cancer on my dog when he ended up getting lymphoma sarcoma. It's a sickeningly sweet and bitter smell. I imagine it's a similar smell that humans have when they have some types of cancer, too. Some people can also smell ketoacidosis in diabetic people or animals. I've heard it smells kind of fruity. So I'm not surprised that people give off different distinct smells when sick with various ailments.

[@sophroniel]

So I have hypersomina (basically really good sense of smell) and it used to baffle me that people around me don't realise each individual person smells... not bad or good, just unique. It is unfortunately a burden, most of the time, and strong smells have been known to give me migraines or, in the case of eucalyptus oil (that I didn't know at the time), make me faint across the room!! That said, there was a study done, and if we greeted by smelling palms instead of shaking, we could detect who people are in the dark and if they were unwell, even without having a super sense of smell!

[@chrisfuller1268]

I might have hypersomina! Did you receive a diagnosis and if so, how? I also sometimes get headaches from smells. I have this weird ability to smell when I am near a cemetery, even centuries old cemeteries in which the markers have all dissolved.

[@sophroniel]

@@chrisfuller1268 you likely do, I think it's fairly common? I asked the doctor after googling "why do I smell things other people don't". Hopefully your doctor is nice enough to not just fobb you off because if you ask a question by saying "I have looked online-" some don't let you finish before rolling their eyes, but if they let you continue and say "- but I want you to tell me what you think, as a doctor, please?" I've found they're more open to answering weird questions like "why can I identify people by smell" or other random hypersomnia things lol Wait, edit, to _actually_ answer you question the above is what I did, I looked online, saw my symptoms matched, then asked a doctor next time I saw him. Apologies if u live in a non state-funded healthcare country tho 😔🙏🏻

[@chrisfuller1268]

@@sophroniel thank you! I found hyperosmia in an online search, so I am excited to learn more. I've only ever confided in those closest to me after doctors have told me they have never heard of such an ability.

[@sophroniel]

@@chrisfuller1268 if your doctors don't know I'd just ignore them altogether, and don't worry too much. I don't know how old you are, but it's not too much of a weird thing to tell family or friends or whoever you want, and an "official" diagnosis is not a big deal, imo, as there is no handy blood test or something that can tell you a yes/no answer, unlike other conditions. If the definition and symptoms of hyperosmia (sorry I've been spelling it wrong, I am a bit dyslexic 😅) and your symptoms match up-and it's not suddenly appeared, or comes and goes, or is otherwise causing you any specific medical issues currently or going forwards, all of which warrant doctor involvement to make sure it's not a symptom of something else-I think it's a pretty safe bet to self diagnose something like this. If it's not one of the specific medical things I said (aka you've been like this your whole life, and it doesn't come and go randomly), in my experience all a doctor will likely do is ask you the same questions you have googled about yourself, and then just say "cool, sounds like you have it then" and nothing else happens. To explain a bit more, if it is causing things like headaches, nausea/vomiting or migraines, I'd definitely consult your doctor and mention the hyperosmia specifically and link the two, but if you have no allergies you should be fine, as long as you have and no other negative effects. "Hyperosmia" is just a word to describe the trait variation some humans have, after all; it's not a disease or disorder, so you don't have anything that affects your lifetime or something heavy like that, it just means you interact with the world a bit different. Heightened smell, taste, sense of touch and hearing often factor into the sensory overload that people on the autism spectrum often experience. It's not always an overload/overwhelming episode, but many people with ASD (myself included) often have hightened taste, smell, sense of touch and hearing, even sight (specifically I am quite photophobic and don' like bright sunlight especially). Sometimes it even crosses into synaesthesia (which I also have! I just see sounds and music as colours and textures though, I can't taste colours or anything like that). Back to the hyperosmia causing physical effects that you may want to think about, these can be very random things, like with physical stuff (aka nausea, headaches, and so on. In other words, physical reactions) or also there also might be other behaviours secondary to the experience of hyperosmia that, without explanation, doctors might/could otherwise diagnose as being cause by-or stemming from-mental issues, such as anxiety, OCD, phobias (and stuff related to having ASD, as well as lots of others to many to list or detail here), as behaviours can be things such as obsessively avoiding overwhelming/bad/strong smelling foods (anything linked to food can be massive cos scent and smell are so interrelated), feeling faint due to someone spraying aerosol, disliking smelly plants so avoiding (or surrounding yourself with) certain plants. I often can't cope with people's shampoo, body wash or laundry powder! Everything is sooo heavily scented, and even some makeup is! Sometimes hyperosmia can mean that (very weirdly, without context) you are always avoiding or being always near certain people due to their perfume or pungent body odor (BO, man. I just can't deal with it!! I am SO glad I don't have the BO gene!! You can tell by what kind of earwax you have! Wet = you get that strong, pungent BO, but if you have dry earwax, you don't! Like for me, my dad and brother, it's the same; we all know I have a very strong sense of smell as previously established, so I know I'm not missing something (I've also asked many people, from doctors to friends and even to strangers in an experiment once!) and even after hours of exercise and sweat, all three of us have no BO, and just smell a bit salty. That's it. I've never worn (or needed to wear) deodorant and it's a blessing, honestly!! It can change if you eat foods with volatile, sulphurous compounds, like garlic, onion, and a few other things (I can smell when someone has eaten pork, for example. Only pork smells this specific way and it makes people smell awful to me! I don't think it's the same with bacon, though (luckily!), but there are a few other specific foods I can smell people have eaten that unlike garlic and onions (which I think most can smell after you've had them), like chilli, shrimp and a bunch of random spices.) Apparently re the no-BO gene is really rare in europeans, so I'm even more blessed and lucky lol!!! Def look the earwax/BO thing up, the whole thing is so weird and really interesting!!) So yeah. As long as your symptomsare not causing or being caused by something medical and you don't have adverse effects (or can get around the ones you do by changing behaviours or food or switching out laundry powders), I'd recommend just treating it as your own special super power 😉😀

[@chrisfuller1268]

@@sophroniel thank you for your encouragement! I've had the ability since my earliest memories and assumed everyone else could also smell the same things but they just ignored it. I don't remember when I figured out that I was smelling things which no one else smelled, but I quickly learned to not mention it. I used to get headaches and nauseated but as I get older that has diminished somewhat. I still don't know whether my general sense of smell is better but the smell of cemeteries, even ancient cemeteries in which the stones have all dissolved are detectable. They smell a lot like lilac flowers even in the winter time with everything covered in snow, though the scent is subdued. It's not psychological because I will be driving someplace new at night and pick up the scent before seeing any cemetery. I frightened my wife early in our marriage once by saying "I smell dead people" just before the cemetery came into view. Now my wife thinks my ability is funny. When I first searched for hyperosmia, I noticed it is associated with certain illnesses. It seems unlikely I have an underlying illness but I plan to get checked out to be sure. I have a nephew with ASD which has made his life very difficult though he is one of the most brilliant and humorous persons I know. It breaks my heart when he suffers from ASD. I wonder whether ASD might be coincident with hyperosmia? Your name appears to be Scandinavian which also makes me wonder whether Scandinavians might be at higher risk for hyperosmia as my mother is 100% Norwegian. Thank you again so much, I will look up hyperosmia and BO!

[@khanyithegreat]

They are incredible, we're so lucky to have let those wolves hang around early humans, now we have great friends.

[@BlessingsMate]

EVOLUTION designed this?? A basic summary of what that means... In the beginning was nothing but then it somehow became as big as the universe. Then there was dirt and water but then somehow it became alive. Then there was an organism but somehow it had the structure and information to reproduce. Then one decided to be a male and somehow another organism became female and somehow at the same time, with fully functioning structure and information, they reproduced. Then they grew branches, then arms, then fins, then legs, then wings, and breathed water and then air and now we see them all perfectly mutated to flourish in their ecosystems! Seriously, Have you considered how a butterfly came to be? What came first, the egg? caterpillar? chrysalis? butterfly? What mutation could cause a crawling creature to suddenly hang upside down, dissolve its organs and appendages and 2 weeks later emerge as a flying creature? And then find another butterfly to reproduce? Truly a fairy tale! How did the dog get these incredible organs? Mutations don't give new information, they corrupt existing information. It is glaringly obvious we are part of creation. The world around us is so incredibly complex that design is the obvious, logical and scientific conclusion. Jesus was a real historical figure who claimed to be God. He also confirmed that he created the world and was coming back a second time to reward and judge the world. He proved this by rising from the dead and fulfilling many prophecies. He also foretold what would happen before he would come again. These things have been coming to pass more and more. He loves his creation and has a purpose for everyone of us! But the evil we see in the world is not from God. We have a cruel enemy of everything good and right and you can see the devil's handiwork more and more. Please look into this urgently and with honesty. God is not a policeman in the sky, he is not a genie that grants wishes, he is loving and merciful and rewards those who seek him. Do not decide who God is by looking at religious people, you must decide who God is by reading what he says about himself in the bible. Then you would have judged fairly. Start with John or Luke. These are eyewitness accounts of what Jesus said and did. There are many resources to answer your many questions. Especially on creation and evolution www.creation.com Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near (Isaiah 55) For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. (Romans 1:20) To realise that your life is precious, you are loved, and you have a purpose, is real freedom and responsibility. There is an epic heavenly battle for your soul! You're never alone, reach out from wherever you are, Jesus is there, trust Him.

[@sirvantanite1307]

@@JhonIkkiOfficial more like foresight. Imagine shaming humans that actually struggled to survive for raising companions that greatly benefited their lives and increased their survival odds of both the humans and wolfs.

[@EthanRadell]

@@sirvantanite1307 imagine shaming symbiotic relationships lmao

[@sirvantanite1307]

@@EthanRadell imagine not being able to read. Old Igor over here was the only one shaming anything.

[@EthanRadell]

@SirVantaNite yeah man I was taking your side lol the person above you has no critical thought.

[@JustScrapHD]

isnt it crazy that most of the new, groundbreaking scientific methods are basically just a crude mimikry of nature? There is still so much to learn

[@jschouten1985]

Actually, no, it isn't.....'cause nature exists for millions of years, science isn't 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@sedaotieno]

There's a thing in engineering design literally called "Biomimicry" 😂 we learn from the masters

[@trippersigs2248]

@@jschouten1985 that's not necessarily true though

[@Tokahax]

Proof that intelligence can look very different than only that which humans can express.

[@JustScrapHD]

@@jschouten1985 Sure but nature has no intent. Millions of years of random chance are giving us these amazing blueprints.

[@bnthern]

my master"s work was on PAT (pet assisted therapy) and it was found in 1993 that family pet often found illness that mecics could not and were then proven to be wrong 3 to 5 weeks later!

[@melusine826]

That's why I hate how we bred brachy dogs (like pugs/bulldogs) that can't breathe/smell well

[@MrMorrisonandDean]

Yes. These poor doggos :(

[@caroldelosangeles3621]

Exactly 💯 aren't they genetically modified also? So sad people is still buying them instwad of adopting others dogs so wonderful skilled

[@catclonegamez]

Another fantastic video!

[@zappedguy1327]

I love how useful dogs are to us but I feel a bit of remorse over the way we have inbred and damaged so many dog breeds.

[@slcRN1971]

After having watched a program about dogs and how they can save lives. There were a few breeds that are very trainable, to become very adept at smelling out certain drugs, low blood sugar, cancers, guide for blind individuals, knowing a seizure is oncoming. We had a Dalmatian dog (our rescue dog, due to be put down-on the very next day) that kept sniffing and patting on a specific spot on our youngest son’s back. She was so persistent that he asked me what was wrong with her. About two months later, my son called and told me that he had a melanoma, on his back (right where she had indicated. It was very small - - but the scar is quite large, because of the numerous blood vessels that the cancer had made for itself.

[@haroldfarquad6886]

We always point to the harnessing of fire as one of mankind's most significant and beneficial achievements, but I'd put the domestication of dogs right next to it. They have been our companions, fellow hunters, guardians, farm hands, and all-around alarm systems for thousands of years. The value they've added to the human race is beyond words, and we wouldn't be where we are today without dogs. Plus, they are the goodest boys and girls. Mine is the goodest, though.

[@bokchoiman]

Incredible. The more I learn about our furry companions, the deeper I appreciate their existence.

[@intergalacticGM]

Another fascinating video, I love when something "common" as a dog is studied in a way that amazes me and makes me feel respect for those creatures. I really hope someday you'll have a Spanish channel so that I can share with my friends.

[@Bowielicius]

You can never go wrong with doggos

[@Jeni-ow1kl]

@S, EXACTLY RIGHT!!

[@Knownsky]

S only cats go wrong with doggos 🐱

[@badcornflakes6374]

Welllll

[@ladyajninja23]

Yet another reason dogs are quite literally man's best friend.❤️

[@crocutalcorvus444]

Several of my friends have dogs who work in cancer hospitals. They smell like urine from people who are suspected of having cancer. Dogs can detect the cancer several months before electronic and chemical equipment can detect it. They are my heroes!

[@dosadoodle]

My dog will sometimes lie down on top of kibble I drop onto her bed. And it's only when I point out the food that she realizes it's there and eagerly eats it. I suspect some of the super smelling ability has been (accidentally and artificially) selected out in some dog breads in favor of other characteristics.

[@anima6035]

Dogs are funny 😂 sometimes I'm sure they have supernatural abilities, other times they are just fluffy doofuses 😍❤️

[@johnpossum556]

This is the most perfect video I have seen this month. Dogs have played a prominent part in my life and as far as I am concerned they can never get too much elevation. Great scriptwriting, too!

[@big_red_machine3547]

My black lab, Rudy, used to love coming fishing with me. He’d smell the fish deep underwater and go bezerk in the canoe. We never caught one fish, and capsized twice, but it was amazing to see how he wanted to help out so bad ❤

[@HOKUINHI]

😂😂😂❤❤❤❤

[@kathrynjanzen5618]

Many years ago I worked in a pharmacy. I went to the basement frequently for stock. One day I noticed a slight burning smell down there. I reported to my boss who went down there but couldn't smell it. Each time I went I would tell her something is wrong. Finally at closing she decided to get it checked. It was an electrical fire! The firemen said the building would have burned down overnight! I didn't get a raise 😶😋

[@rubynicol7464]

My dog is amazing, had alerted me to dangerous situations, calms me when I cry, even let's me know when my neighbor isn't okay

[@redhidinghood9337]

This should be more widespread as an early detection technique that's very cheap. Yes the training would take some time but it ain't hard or unenjoyable work to give a dog treets and once they've learned it all u need to do is give them food. They could be smelling dosens of people per day 5-6 days a week. You could build up quite a big number of people with that schedule

[@bruceparker6142]

Not if you want to keep bills high.

[@GermanShepherdDaphne]

My German Shepherd is like this X 10000000 she sniffs everything and lately been sniffing me whining in a certain area on my body. I’m going to go get checked out soon. If I’m positive for something then I know why she’s been sniffing and whining at me

[@arvidassburg4500]

Hopefully nothing serious...

[@tackleberry8604]

The editing in this video was epic, the dumster cat 😂 all the cute nip bits, awesome stuff, dogs are truly a blessing, i love them so much.

[@user-um5rk5wj7d]

one of, if not my, most favorite channel! lovely videos!

[@holocene2164]

I have to say, your channel is one of the best, interesting, easily digestible science channel out there. Thank you for all you do!

[@tdawg719]

When I was young I took a bodybuilding supplement that was basically like legal steroids. Who knows wtf was going on with my hormones but I could taste and smell at an entire different level. Shit was wild.

[@SaltyMedia801]

Interesting that could be good or bad depending on where you go

[@davidwilson6959]

that’s just called acid

[@chrisfuller1268]

Living indoors also suppresses our sense of smell. I have this weird ability to know when I am near a cemetery by smell, even centuries old cemeteries in which the markers have all dissolved.

[@Sunny12-23]

My late husband had lung cancer. Months before the doctors diagnosed him our then 5 year old labrador who is just a regular pet dog had figured it out. At the time we did not realise what his incessant licking of my husband's hands meant. It was much later (too late) that we realized what he had been trying to tell us. Dogs are much smarter than we are.

[@emberrise9217]

No, they aren't...

[@mihaicolceriu-nicola7148]

my mother in law had a dog,that knew she had cancer before the doctors discovered it lol

[@zacharywong483]

Your footage, as always, is impeccable! Excellent video all around as well!

[@ryan49805]

Still find it mind blowing that all these adorable fur balls evolved from wolves.

[@virutech32]

idk man wolves can be pretty adorable. well other than that clack everytime they close their jaws that makes my brainstem nervous.

[@JacobBax]

Well, a pack of wolves is a very well organized group.

[@DannyWakahisa]

Less "evolution" and more "intentional genetic tampering by humans". Sometimes people say "what did we do to deserve dogs 😭" It's simple. We made them. Very impressive critters though, to be sure :).

[@donnaallgaier-lamberti3933]

My rescue Lab/Staffy has started to "alert" me when my husband (with cognitive decline) is cooking, and something is burning on the stove burner BEFORE I even smell it. She also keeps smelling my left ear where I had an ear infection last fall. I will be telling the ear/nose/throat physician this fact at my upcoming appt.

[@1989someguy]

This just makes me love dogs even more

[@IanSinclair77]

The way I like to explain dog's sense of smell is that they navigate the world through smells and their nose in a similar way humans do with eyes. I used to blindfold my German Shepherd - have him sit/stay while I hid treats. When I told him to go find, he wouldn't even try to take the blindfold off. He just used his nose and would find the treat nearly as fast as if he wasn't blindfolded. It amazes me what he was able to do. I've had a lot of dogs and did dog adoption for years at the RSPCA (which is where I got my GSD). He was my best friend and buddy for 13 amazing years He was the smartest dog, and I trusted him more than I ever would most people. But if he was a service dog, he would have led someone right into traffic on day one. Lol. He could do EVERYTHING I wanted. He knew how to heel - but was constitutionally unable to heel for more than 3 seconds without me barking "heel!!" With every other step. Dogs are amazing. 100% love and have the best day of their lives, every day of their life.

[@Svengalish0000]

Theranos should have just gotten into the business of medical detection dogs. One dog = 200 tests! That could've been a game changer.

[@Dango428]

The background music from 0:00 to 2:50 is so unnecessarily hype and I love it

[@FivePointsVids]

Further evidence Dogs are the BEST

[@ariebaudoin4824]

the smelling machine almost mae me sad, bc it is definatelly gonna be more efficiant then dogs if it work in terms of costs to raise vs make, but i was just getting exited thinking about how nice it woul be to have a dog as a docter

[@Scraggledust]

My cat, “snuffles” like my dogs do. Kinda funny. Two of my dogs are hugely food incentive. The littlest one prefers toys and praise. I love to watch them “smell the air” when there are gusts of wind. They lift their heads nearly straight up in the air. Been around animals my whole life - and they are amazing.

[@_mxbird]

more recent research actually suggests that while dogs do indeed have more olfactory receptors, cats’ are incredibly more sensitive which edges them ahead as better smellers!

[@erictaylor5462]

I encountered a very naughty rescue dog working for the ski patrol. I was working at a ski area as a lift operator and one day I was closing a top shack. It was quite common for lift operators to be last off the mountain, but sometimes this one ski patrolman would stop to help lift operators close out their top shack. This ski patrolman had an avalanche rescue dog that would run down the hill as the guy skied down. I am an amputee and so I ski on one leg with outriggers. At the end of my shift I would stick my prosthetic leg in a backpack to ski off the mountain. When skiing on my own time I have a tailored pair of ski pants with a zipper so everything is nice and tight after I take my leg off. But I had a pair of uniform pants to wear when I was working. When skiing in my uniform pants the empty pantleg would just flop in the breeze. When skiing down at the end of the day we were required to ski down a specific route so we'd be easy to find if we had a problem. This particular route had a long flat spot and you had to hit it with some speed to get passed without having to pole a lot. Something that is not easy to do the way I ski. I had built up some speed to get passed this spot with the ski patrolman not far behind me. His dog however was running next to me and barking. There was something about my unusual skiing stile that "bothered" the dog, that or he thought it was just part of some game. Just as I got to the start of the flat spot this dog decided I'd gone far enough and he grabbed my flapping pantleg and stopped, causing me to fall. He was a very bad dog that day. I made the ski patrol guy tow me through the flat spot.

[@froJoss]

Absolutely spectacular video! But I can't get over that it seems to have been produced and written by my old Basset Hound...

[@strawberrymoonphased]

How incredible are dogs!!? I knew they were amazing and could detect things that could save our lives, but this is way more than I could have imagined!

[@davebartosh5]

This was very interesting! I knew dogs had a keen sense of smell, but the reality of how good is amazing!

[@flyingark173]

Very good video, one of the best yet. And I'll have to say...the absolute smoothest transition to the sponsor I have ever seen! Edit: of any video ever on KZbin

[@brendaburgner-williams8515]

Today I went to do laundry at the laundromat, a friend was there. I took my dog with me because I don't like being alone at the laundromat to get scary, my dog went up to my friend and poked her nose right into her belly gently of course. That's when my friend told me that my dog is very smart she just poked her nose in her belly and she was really gentle about it. I looked at her and I said are you pregnant? She said yes with twins. That made my day! My dog is so awesome!

[@thescientificidiot]

Always excited when I see you upload! Great video as always

[@pamelaahdeez]

I just found your videos, I love em!! You make the info so easy to comprehend

[@anmariekritzinger154]

And this is why dogs are the most amazing animals in the world and should be protected at all costs. Everything about dogs are just beautiful and they have a relationship with humans unlike any other. True angels. We are so blessed to have them in our lives.

[@sapelesteve]

Dogs are truly amazing animals! Great video RS! 👍👍🐶🐶

[@teeniequeenie8369]

I just pray that if this becomes a “thing” that the dogs used are treated very well for there work

[@NilsMueller]

Dogs tell time by smell. Example: you leave for work in the morning, your dog knows when you will be back based on how much smell is left

[@Soraviel]

Wow never knew that, that's super interesting

[@prosurfaholic5121]

Source?

[@frostingfox8180]

Half life of smell lmao

[@Monkeybomb0]

Sounds like bs.. Thats basically saying if someone farted id be able to tell when their coming back by how much i can smell of it? Smells dont tell time people...

[@itzybitzyspyder]

@@Monkeybomb0 the dog tells time by the dissipation of the smell.

[@EvanMoon]

Dogs are superheroes. My service dog can smell when I am disoriented and scared and he then leaves me back out of the area exactly the same way we entered

[@randal_gibbons]

I had a dog that would smell everything when I took him for a walk. When I took him out to do his "business" it would take him up to 30 minutes to find a place worthy of his deposit. It was frustrating to say the least.

[@loumarlin3040]

OMG....your wording was so hillarious, I laughed so hard ...thank you for those words.

[@kelly5198]

Just another reason or proof that laws should protect dogs against abuse or neglect..they truly are mans best friend..they are here to help us. And they do in so many ways.

[@nicholaspratt8473]

My parents were freaking out so I stayed with my girlfriend. I was distraught but under control. Her dog kept coming over to me, licked my toes, and stood guard

[@badcornflakes6374]

Time for foster home

[@Alex-dp1bk]

Every time I see a video like this I give my dog a kiss on the head and tell them they’re amazing.

[@spacelemur7955]

Ants have been found to be 95% effective in detecting human cancer cells. I love dogs, but ants are far cheaper to train. Clearly, cuddliness is not the higher priority. But, hey, let's find which diseases each species is best at, and use all the best ones.

[@frizzlethecat2084]

Also, the chance of ants getting clues from the humans in the room is next to nill - so I'm all for ants! (Also a lot cheaper to maintain)

[@spacelemur7955]

@@frizzlethecat2084 As a cat, your aversion to dogs is quite understandable.

[@frizzlethecat2084]

@@spacelemur7955 You got me! 😁 (I was talking more scientifically. Dogs are a lot nicer to have in the house than ants...)

[@ivengideonv6428]

I heard this 2 yr old lab was being abused , after I had her a few days , I found he was defending himself , she would coming at me in a dead run , jump in the air and kick me in the stomach , or run up behind me and grab my leg and jerk .my leg out from under me .She's mellowed out through the years , but stills has spells . You always hear of animal abuse but not owner

[@casedistorted]

We just got a dog, and she won't stop sniffing my legs. Also my stepmom's dog kept sniffing my legs when i visited recently too.. I asked my doctor but he didn't think anything of it. I hope I don't have something wrong with me now.

[@JacobBax]

Ask an other doctor if you are worried, even specialists are always right.

[@prashasti598]

Any update?

[@mooster47]

If I get riled up about politics or have a stressful near miss in traffic, my dog gets upset and won't eat. I'm pretty sure she's detecting elevated cortisol. She's my warning system to chill out. It would be easy to verify this correlation, since cortisol is tested for routinely in many blood tests. My doctor told me I had elevated cortisol in a blood draw that was taken right after someone nearly backed into me on her parking lot.

[@DerdOn0ner]

This just shows, that doggos are the best bois and girls ever

[@jonasdominguezrodriguez1143]

really really nice, allways awesome the way you explain and also the love you put on it

[@thedoruk6324]

doggos are being hecking miraculous as always

[@sdd123]

Very interesting video! Loved the picture of your pup and the comment on orange face.

[@user-kn1mx9yp7z]

Dogs are truly amazing ❤️

[@Veptis]

The book I am reading also a chapter on this topic. I will return and watch this video once I finished reading. Have read the chapter and now will watch this video. The chapter just mentioned that it's difficult to test mammals. And they tested he number of different molecules. As well as the concentration. And the results they had was that the human was equivalent or better than all mammals. Including dogs and some small apes. Reference was given, the book is by Bettina M. Pause.

[@TheGodThatNeverFail2]

I clicked for the cute dog noses, I stayed for the science 🐶❤

[@GonzalezEzekiel]

15:26 People like the narrator love news about Trump. Y’all just can’t get enough of him.

[@spinne7887]

When I'm older, i want a dog And very nice video 👍

[@nicholasthompson2308]

you are now one of my top 3 favorite youtube channels.

[@pramathdsbdxbxh]

Can't wait to see my local dogtor!

[@sheikyerbouti39]

No. Just.... No.

[@SchwarzSchwertkampfer]

9:28 Yeah, that does it; I am glad I do not have that sense of smell. I would loath the world even more.

[@ADB-zf5zr]

This video is literally amazing.!!! The explanation is simple enough for kids, detailed enough to answer the questions, and only hurts the brains of Uncle Joe.! . I will send this to multiple people, Dog owners, Cat Owners, Children Owners, Fish Owners, and so on... . Most excellent :D very glad i subscribed :D

[@101stgrunt6]

This video was very informative, in my past job I spent a lot of time in the wilderness, deep in the wilderness with only what I could carry on my back, no campers, we weren't allowed to make fires because that could get us killed. We would stay out 30 days or so at a time, when we got back to civilization, I could smell EVERYTHING, I could smell what the dining facility was cooking, all the ingredients,I mean all of them, I could smell the green beans from the corn etc, and perfume, it was as strong at 45 yards as if you had your head in a dumpster in the dead of summer. I could differentiate every smell and no matter how faint I could smell it,even the permanent odor of the floor tiles in our building. But after only half a day back in civilization that ability was gone, our modern world blunted my sense of smell with all the chemicals that are probably killing us slowly. Just thought that might interest someone out there.

[@j121212100]

dogs for medical diagnostics! I hope that is available soon. That would be much cheaper than tests with much lower accuracy.

[@luddity]

And way more pleasant. With immediate results.

[@induwaraganepola1499]

I think the best part of this video is the very smooth transition to morning brew 🤣 I loved it. And I would definitely recommend subscribing to it.☺️

[@jtgd]

Thanks evolution. Maxed out intelligence and left out all the other features

[@blahthebiste7924]

Lord Farquad voice: "That's a sacrifice, I am willing to make."

[@glacousxx]

Its very important we should be thankful for what we have.

[@jacobh9487]

Doc: Hmm, the "cat" scan didn't show anything. We need a dog scan STAT. Here Max. Good boy!

[@menwithven8114]

My dog about 5 years ago saved me from a heroin overdose. My wife was asleep and I came home and went in my basement where my big lab wouldn't go because stairs and couldn't see me from top of stairs. I overdosed down stairs and my dog ran to my sleeping wife and started crying until she woke up then ran to the top of the stairs. Wife found me blue and unconscious. Unfortunately put thay dog down a few days ago and it was the hardest moment of my life. My guardian angel is no longer around 😭

[@jonathansmith1590]

He really did save your life 😌. What happened to your dog was definitely unfortunate though 😔

[@lavahike3279]

Such a beautiful story. Thanks for sharing 😢

[@ranjittyagi9354]

Why did you have to have him killed? 😠

[@menwithven8114]

@ranjittyagi9354 because she had diabetes for the last 2 years that I gave her 2 shots a day for and had went blind about a year ago, adjusted pretty well over some time, then went deaf about 3 months ago and she became scared to a degree and she could no longer be comfortable without my presence. So for the last 2 months 100% of the time I was home I had to be physically touching her or she would cry. I spent about the last 6 weeks every night sitting in my front yard from 5 PM until about midnight because she enjoyed being outside so I would put a blanket down and lay with her all night every night and have my wife bring us food. She also had terrible hip dysplasia and could barely walk. I tried to give her time to see if she could adjust because I've always said I would do ANYTHING she needed as long as she could still walk and not be scared. So was watching my dog suffer and slowly get boxed into a life of silence and darkness and become scared and could barely stand enough or would you like more details?

[@joshuamejia9642]

9:57 i went to my friends ranch with my dog and left her at the ranch after running for sometime and i went up to a hike and after climbing up for a while from a far distance i saw her trotting along to me it was so crazy to see how she tracked me from smell up all the way from the mountain