Great Pyranese refuses to abandon his goats. Story transcript As the raging California wildfires encroached upon Roland Handel's home, he had to make a split-second decision — try to force his dog Odin into the car, or leave him behind.
Odin is one of two great Pyrenees who take turns guarding the family's eight goats from coyotes and mountain lions, and he was on duty the night the fires broke out. "At night, Odin won't leave the goats," Handel told As It Happens host Carol Off. "When I approached, he sat down in front of the goats, and I know that look. He wasn't moving. " With flames racing towards his property, he said there was no time to load the goats into a trailer.
Orphaned spotted lamb adopted by Dalmatian. Captive-born cheetah with its emotional support dog. Real-Life Fox And The Hound Best Friends. Sheepdogs protect endangered penguins. "No foxes have killed penguins in the past seven years" This is clever.
Very clever. Sheepdogs are bred and trained to protect sheep against wolves, but that doesn't mean that their skills can't be used to protect different animals against other species of predators. This is exactly what the Maremma Project did on Warrnambool’s Middle Island, off the south coast of Australia. They took 2 Maremma sheepdogs, a breed originally from central Italy, and brought them to the island to protect a dwindling and seriously endangered population of Little Penguins from foxes. The situation was dire around seven years ago when the sheepdogs were introduced: Where a colony of around 1,500 Little Penguins once thrived, only 4 breeding pairs remained. Update: Meet the adorable Fairy Penguin, the smallest penguin species on Earth! Wikimedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 The Little Penguin (aka Fairy Penguin or Little Blue Penguin) is the smallest species of penguin. Flickr/CC BY 2.0 Above is an Australian fox. Elephant and Dog Best Friends.
A wounded Anatolian Sheepdog comforted by his sheep. Crippled lion is dachshund's best friend. A 500-pound lion and an 11-pound dog have formed an unlikely friendship, proving that cats and dogs really can get along.
The puppies were introduced to Bonedigger in 2008 when he was just a 4-week-old cub. A metabolic bone disease rendered the lion mildly disabled. Dog and Cat friends. The friendship between dogs and cats is entirely possible and there are many studies that have been done, and even being made, about the affection of these two species.
It is beautiful to see and tell interesting stories of how our pets are easily made friends, play games and are protected from each other. For this friendship lasts forever both should be treated equally, with the same care, the bathroom, game, food etc. Dog Plays With His Dolphin Friend. Love Everybody, Even The Squirrelly Ones. Debby Cantlon, who plans to release Finnegan, the young squirrel, back into the wild, bottle-fed the infant squirrel after it was brought to her house.
When Cantlon took in the tiny creature and began caring for him, she found herself with an unlikely nurse’s aide: her pregnant Papillion, Mademoiselle Giselle. Finnegan was resting in a nest in a cage just days before Giselle was due to deliver her puppies. Cantlon and her husband watched as the dog dragged the squirrel’s cage twice to her own bedside before she gave birth. Cantlon was concerned, yet ultimately decided to allow the squirrel out and the inter-species bonding began. Finnegan rides a puppy mosh pit of sorts, burrowing in for warmth after feeding, eventually working his way beneath his new litter mates. Two days after giving birth, mama dog Giselle allowed Finnegan to nurse; family photos and a videotape show her encouraging him to suckle alongside her litter of five pups. Related Biker Squirrel From Hell In "Funny Stuff" Foal & Dog Play Tag! Cheetah and Dog Celebrate One Year of Friendship. © Busch Gardens Tampa Bay Cats and dogs are usually thought of as obvious enemies -- but for one young cheetah and his canine companion, life as friends has never been better.
Last year, visitors to Busch Gardens Tampa Bay were first introduced to an adorable pair of newborns -- a tiny cheetah cub named Kasi, and a yellow-lab puppy named Mtani. Although they shared little in common beyond the timing and circumstances of their birth, the bonds of friendship soon proved too strong to be diminished by their differences. “They absolutely love each other,” said one zoo official. In fact, 12 months on, the cheetah-puppy relationship seems destined to be a lifelong one yet. For most of their young lives, Kasi and Mtani have resided together at Busch Gardens, playing and napping together in an unlikely display of cat-dog solidarity, much to the delight of park guests.
According to zoo officials, cheetahs are highly social animals and are want to form strong companionships with their peers. Corgi talks to cat. Tiger and Lion Cubs with their Dog Mother. Best Cat Friend. Dog & Elephant friends. Hound Dog and Orangutan. True Friends After losing his parents, this 3 year old orangutan was so depressed he wouldn't eat and didn't respond to any medical treatments.
The veteranarians thought he would surely die from sadness. The zoo keepers found an old sick dog on the grounds in the park at the zoo where the orangutan lived and took the dog to the animal treatment center. The dog arrived at the same time the orangutan was there being treated. The 2 lost souls met and have been inseparable ever since. Dog and Leopard Friends.