Amazing indeed. I just watched an incredible program about dogs and their ability to detect cancer. It was produced in Britain and included clips about dog trainers, both in Britain and the USA, who trained these dogs. They were able to detect cancer (after being trained) from blind samples containing such minute quantities of the cancer laden urine of men diagnosed with prostrate cancer (and other material). Their success rate ranged between 82-97%. They also showed a clip of a woman's pet dog who constantly licked a lesion on her leg. After urgings from her friends and family, she had it tested, and while it was not cancerous, had it removed. The dog no longer licked that area.
I have a cousin who had a border collie who was fiercely protective of his two daughters (as well as he and his wife) and ever vigilant when visitors he did not know came around. Never aggressive, but always on the watch and in typical border collie style, circled them if he felt there was a need to.
This child is extremely fortunate that everything fell in to place for him and it is surely one of those unexplained events in life that makes us ponder on what makes this world go round.
