🐕 Therapy Dog is Half Bunny 🐇

💌 Therapy Dog Hops Like a Bunny

☀️ 10 Facts That Prove Pets are Heroes

⛑️ Tiny Dog Rescues Man Stranded on Glacier

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🐇 🐕‍🦺 Therapy Dog Hops Like a Bunny

• 🐶 Roland had a breakthrough moment one day. All of the sudden, he realized he could cover more ground if he hopped like a bunny. It’s not in his genes, and he wasn’t trained to do this. He simply figured it out, and now he won’t stop hopping.

• 💌 He’s a certified therapy dog, and one of his methods of bringing joy is to simply leap and bound like a doe through a cornfield. He truly is incredible and silly all at once.

• 🦸‍♂️ (in the spirit of this week’s theme, Roland is wearing a superhero cape throughout this video)

• 🐕 Meet Roland in the video below and see the incredible bounce that has brought joy to so many.

 Weekly Learning 📖 🐾

How to Calm Your Dog Without Using Drugs

• We did a deep dive exploring things you can do to calm your dog without using prescription medications. Many of them are free, and you can do them right at home.

• For more information on dog calming your dog without the use of prescriptions, take a look at our article on the subject here.

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Tiny Dog Saves Trapped Hiker from Glacier

• 🐾 Tiny Dog, Huge Hero: A pint-sized pup—likely a chihuahua or papillon—helped save his owner after the hiker fell 8 meters into a glacier crevasse in the Swiss Alps.

• 🚁 Rescue in the Snow: The loyal dog waited by the hole and caught the eye of a rescue helicopter crew, who were struggling to locate the fallen man on the vast glacier.

• ❤️ Faithful to the End: Thanks to the dog’s persistence (and some well-timed barking), both man and dog were safely rescued and flown to a nearby hospital. A true four-legged lifesaver!

10 Pieces of Proof That Pets are Super Heroes

You already know dogs have great noses and cats always land on their feet—but there’s a whole other level of weird, incredible, and little-known science behind our pets. From war heroes to built-in compasses to biological superpowers, here are 10 strange but true facts most people have never heard before.

1. Dogs Can Smell the Passage of Time

As scent particles in the air shift and fade, dogs can detect changes in concentration of those particles—essentially giving them a sense of time. It’s how many dogs seem to “know” when you’re about to walk through the door. It’s a little complicated, but true.

Read this article to get a better understanding.

2. Cats Can Locate Prey Using Only Their Ears

Each ear has 32 muscles and can move independently. Cats use them like radar to triangulate sounds—pinpointing prey within inches even in total darkness.

3. Some Dogs Understand Language at a Toddler Level

A Border Collie named Chaser learned over 1,000 nouns and could distinguish between objects and categories. She even understood basic grammar and remembered words for years—putting her ahead of many primates in language tests.

4. A Dog Was Once Venerated as a Saint

In 13th-century France, a greyhound named Guinefort was killed after mistakenly being thought to harm a baby—when in fact, he had saved the child from a snake. Locals declared him a folk saint, and families prayed to him for their children’s health for centuries.

5. A Cat Survived Three Warship Sinkings

During WWII, a black-and-white cat known as Unsinkable Sam survived the sinking of the Bismarck, the HMS Cossack, and the HMS Ark Royal. He was found alive after each disaster, calmly floating on wreckage.

6. Dogs Can Detect Cancer With Over 90% Accuracy

Trained detection dogs have identified cancer from breath, urine, or sweat samples—sometimes more accurately than lab tests. Some hospitals are now exploring them as part of early detection programs.

7. Some Dogs Have Extra Toes for Climbing

Breeds like the Norwegian Lundehund and Beauceron have an unusual trait: double dewclaws. These extra toes act like built-in crampons, helping them grip rocks and steep slopes while working in mountainous terrain.

8. 🐕 Dogs Can Smell in 3D

Because each of a dog’s nostrils works independently, they can determine not just what something is—but exactly where it is in space. This stereo-smelling ability helps them track moving scents with pinpoint precision, like a built-in GPS powered by smell.

9. A Dog Survived a Fall from 11,000 Feet

A Belgian Malinois named Antis parachuted into combat zones with his handler in WWII. He completed multiple jumps, survived battlefield conditions, and was awarded the Dickin Medal for bravery.

10. One Dog Had a Broadway Career That Outlasted Most Humans

Terry, the Cairn Terrier who played Toto in The Wizard of Oz, appeared in 15 films and earned more money than many human actors. She even had her own Hollywood memorial.

Final Thoughts on Our Super Pets 🦸🏽‍♀️

Pets are more than companions—they’re full of mystery, history, and unexpected abilities. Whether it’s sniffing cancer, surviving wartime shipwrecks, or understanding words like a toddler, our dogs and cats are incredible.

Show your best friend a little extra love now that you know how powerful they are!

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This Week’s Key Pet News

Shelter Dog Recognizes Man’s Seizure & Gets Adopted

• 🐶 From Shelter Pup to Seizure Savior: At a Virginia adoption event, Sienna—a Lab-pit mix—made a beeline for a man having a subtle seizure and wouldn’t leave his side. No one else even noticed.

• 💫 No Training, Just Pure Instinct: With no medical background (unless you count belly rubs), Sienna pawed at his chest, refusing to budge—alerting everyone something was wrong.

• 🏡 Hero Status Unlocked: The story melted hearts across the internet—and Sienna was adopted by a loving family whose son also has epilepsy. Talk about finding the perfect home.

Social Work Students Bring Therapy Dogs to Inmates

• 🐕‍🦺 Dogs Behind Bars—For a Good Reason: SRU social work students are studying how therapy dogs impact grief and loss support groups inside a Pennsylvania prison. The twist? Half the sessions include dogs, half don’t.

• 🧠 Real Work, Real Impact: Inmates say the therapy dogs bring comfort and connection they wouldn’t get otherwise—and students are gaining hands-on experience you can’t find in a textbook.

• 💚 Healing Goes Both Ways: From boosting inmate mental health to giving future social workers real-world confidence, the program proves compassion (and a wagging tail) can go a long way.

Rhode Island Island Chooses Compassion & Bans Declawing Cats!

• 🐱 Rhode Island Bans Cat Declawing: A new law officially prohibits non-medical cat declawing statewide—marking a major win for feline welfare and joining states like New York, Maryland, and Massachusetts.

• ✂️ Declawing Is Amputation: The banned procedure involves amputating part of each toe, often leading to chronic pain, behavioral issues, and shelter surrenders. Experts call it unnecessary and inhumane.

• 🛋 Furniture Isn’t Worth the Pain: With easy, humane alternatives like nail trims and scratching posts, Rhode Island sends a clear message: a couch is never worth a cat’s suffering.