[alaskayorkie]

That is an amazing story. Such a great bond and good protector you have.

I had something similar happen to me many years ago. I'd just broken up with a girlfriend, and I was taking it hard. I was living alone. I owned an old Lab, who I'd had since he was a pup. I slept on a waterbed that the Lab hated. I could never even coax him up there. But this one time, when I was so depressed, he hopped up and buried his head into my arms. I think I probably burst into tears, but I held him for several minutes, said thanks, and let him go back down.

Dogs have an amazing sense of compassion.