Man best friend. Only animals are truly honest and that's what I appriciate so much about them.
Watching that youtube video made me cry. Beautiful and sweet.
I have no doubt in my mind that this dog understood Mr McClains condition and sincerely enjoyed seeing him again. Not only that dogs may be able to smell cancer, but that they're highly social animals that are very good at interpreting us humans some times, especially when we're behaving out of the ordinary. Though I speak mostly out of my own experience with the dogs my family have had, and how loving they've been the times any of us have been ill.
I even had cancer myself, and the dog we had then could definetly tell, he was very gentle and caring towards me during my illness.
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It was, but the really sad thing is how there weren't any humans to be at his deathbed. Instead, the only and most trustworthy companion, was the most honest and loyal of creatures, his dog.