Dog rescues kangaroo

A dog has come to the rescue of a baby kangaroo.

The joey's mother had been hit by a car and killed in Victoria, Australia while it was in her pouch.

The furry little fellow would surely have died too had it not been for Rex.

The German short-haired pointer sniffed out the joey while on a walk with his owner and quickly retrieved it.

Leonie Allan, Rex's owner, said that when he started pointing, she was worried he had spotted a snake.

But when he dropped the little joey at her feet she realised that Rex had been on a rescue mission.

Since the incident, the four-month old joey has taken to Rex and the two have been playing together in Mrs Allan's back garden.

Pet teaches boy how to behave

A mother has spoken of how a pet dog helped the family deal with raising a severely disabled son, it has been reported.

Nuala Gardner, 39, has paid tribute to Henry - the Golden Retriever that helped her autistic son Dale, now 21, during a very difficult period of his life.

The mum told the Sun that her "monster" son was making her life a "living hell" as he was prone to throwing violent tempers while her husband and his father James, 49, worked away.

But all that changed when the arrival of the four-legged-friend taught Dale how to relate to his family.

Mrs Gardner told the publication: "We got Henry when Dale was five and the transformation was immediate.

"We discovered that if we spoke to Dale using Henry as a mouthpiece, Dale would respond. He would do almost anything his dog 'asked'.

"This was a turning point. Dale's progress went through the roof."