In a recent interview with People, Dr. Deirdre Barrett, Clinical and Evolutionary Psychologist at Harvard Medical School, answered some questions on the topic of animal dreams. It turns out that many mammals have similar sleeps cycles to humans, meaning they do likely have dreams. But Dr. Barrett’s answer to the question of what dogs experience when they dream has the internet in tears.
Bear, a Labrador mix, was found tied to an old bridge and almost dead
on April 20. He had been shot, his mouth was taped and his leash was so
tightly tied to the bridge, his paws barely touched the ground.
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Mark Gillespie made the horrible find while walkiing his own dog. He
called 911 for help and they were just as horrified as he was when they
arrived. The pup was immediately taken to a local facility for urgent
care, and once donations to a GoFundMe campaign started rolling in, they
were able to transfer him to the veterinary clinic at University of
Illinois for special treatment.
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"We talked to the specialists today and they decided that Bear's jaw
is broken in so many places that a surgery will not be able to fix it,
but the good news is that if we give him time it may heal on its own.
His jaw will never be back to how it was before and he might never be
able to eat hard dog food again but he should be able to heal and enjoy
wet dog food. Bear will need a feeding tube in the mean time to allow
his mouth to heal and he will also be having work done to a hole in his
leg most likely due to a previous injury. His thyroid levels were so low
this afternoon he was not able to have surgery but he has started
medication to get those levels back to normal so they can get the
procedure done as soon as they can. Bear does liven up a little when he
gets to go outside so he is showing small improvements everyday. Again
thank you to everyone for all of your support Bear and I really
appreciate it."
Fortunately for Bear, many people have offered to adopt him as soon as he leaves the clinic.
A man in India came across a dog drowning in a river. Being a kind soul, he wanted to help, but didn’t know how to swim. Instead of walking away or trying to go get help, as time was of the essence, he thought outside the box, and used his turban to pull the dog out of the river.
The man’s name is Sarwan Singh, and it was while he was driving along the river in Punjab that he came across the drowning dog. The poor creature was trying desperately to stay afloat in the water, but Singh could tell that the dog was getting tired. There were other people in the area, just staring at the dog and doing nothing in the way of assisting. Singh knew that if he didn’t do something, then the dog would surely die, and that’s something he simply couldn’t bear to stand by and watch.
There was only one thing that hindered Singh’s rescue efforts, and that was the fact that he didn’t know how to swim. The 28-year-old man had never really done it before, so it’s understandable he’d be trepidatious about simply diving into the river. He then thought to himself that he could get into the water just a bit, and toss his turban the rest of the way out to the dog.
The dog then grabbed the piece of cloth with it’s mouth. Singh was then able to pull the dog over to him. Once he could grab the dog, he got the both of them out of the river and onto dry land.“The moment I started taking off my turban, people watching around were shocked,” Singh said. “They thought I was disrespecting my faith, but what was important at that point was to save the animal’s life.”
