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It started as a small story on January 3rd, 2010. A Golden Retriever in Boston Bar, British Columbia protected a young boy from a cougar. The story was reported by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC):



"A boy from Boston Bar, B.C., whose golden retriever saved him from a charging cougar, says he wouldn't be alive if his dog hadn't stepped in.



Austin Forman, 11, was gathering firewood in his backyard at about 5 p.m. Saturday when his dog, Angel, started acting… Continue

Gordon Doane of Cape Coral has small dogs. Nevertheless, they alerted when there was a break-in and they did a great job of protecting the house:



"... When Gordon Doane's dogs started barking while he was in the shower, it was his first sign something just wasn't right.



"They were barking in the other part of the house and kept it up and finally the smaller dog came into the shower with me and started pulling on my leg," he said."



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It might be difficult to put things in high places, out of Boomer's reach. He's tall and may be the world's tallest dog:



"... Boomer, a 3-year-old Landseer Newfoundland (Newfoundland is his breed, which hails from the Canadian island of the same name, and Landseer refers to his black-and-white markings), is here to fill that second void. Boomer measures 36 inches tall at the withers (the ridge between the shoulder blades where dogs and horses are measured for height) -- a bit… Continue

Ella is a Rottweiler and her recent misadventure is a story of loyalty. It is also a tale of love: the affection of a dog for her family and the kindness of a dog person, Kathy Wilkes-Myers. She understands dogs and knows that dog behaviour is not random. There is a purpose behind canine behaviour:



"... Kathy remembered two weeks earlier she'd driven by an accident on the same stretch of highway. She remembered because it was such a horrible crash. A single car had flipped over… Continue