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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.54,0:00:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dogs watch us all the time, in a way that no other animal does.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.01,0:00:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Maureen]: He senses whenever we are going to go out,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.75,0:00:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he knows before we even make a move.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.87,0:00:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[narrator]: They read our body language
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.30,0:00:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's how they know we're going to take them for a walk
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.06,0:00:21.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before we think we've made the decision ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.56,0:00:27.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's this constant observation that can sometimes seem to give them a sixth sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.43,0:00:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Max is a red collie cross, normally full of energy and enthusiasm.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.31,0:00:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in 2008, his owner, Maureen Burns, noticed that something was wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.80,0:00:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Maureen]: I thought at the time Max was fading. He was nine and a half.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.30,0:00:55.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was preparing myself for losing him, because of... he just wasn't happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.01,0:00:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wouldn't come by me, wouldn't sit by me, wouldn't sit on my lap.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.20,0:01:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the odd signs, he would come up, and touch my breast with his nose
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.00,0:01:12.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and back off, so desperately unhappy, with such a sad look in his eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.40,0:01:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[narrator]: Maureen had a small lump in her breast,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.10,0:01:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but her latest mammogram was clear, so she presumed all was OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.04,0:01:26.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Initially I thought, it's just another lumpy breast , as people get.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.31,0:01:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then, I sort of connected it with the dog. With his odd behaviour.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.30,0:01:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one day, I was looking in the mirror, in the bedroom here,\Nand I looked across in the mirror at Max's eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.09,0:01:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was on the bed, as he is now, and I knew it was cancer.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.71,0:01:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[narrator]: Maureen went to her local hospital,\Nbut both a scan and a mammogram came back negative.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.10,0:02:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took a surgical biopsy to finally detect the cancer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.10,0:02:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maureen had it removed, and the change in Max's behaviour was instant.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.48,0:02:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Maureen]: The day I was picked up from the hospital, he was his old hyper self again.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.21,0:02:27.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Put his nose across my breast, to check where the operation had been,\Nand he was wagging his tail and his eyes were happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.65,0:02:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was unbelievable, the change in him. Instant.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.88,0:02:37.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love Max so much, and I owe him so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.71,0:02:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even before I go for a checkup now, I get him to check me out.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.83,0:02:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if he's happy and wagging his tail, I'm happy, and I know I'm OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.78,0:02:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[narrator]: We now know that dogs like Max are smelling the tiny volitile chemlcals\Ngiven off by cancerous tumors.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.58,0:03:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most dogs can do this, they just don't know that we're interested.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.84,0:03:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But with a little training, dogs can accurately pick out a cancerous patient\Nfrom a selection of urine samples.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.46,0:03:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[sound of clicking] [woman]: Good girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.56,0:03:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[narrator]: They can even be taught to let diabetics like Steven know\Nthat his blood sugar levels are low, long before he can feel it,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.42,0:03:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and definitely before he passes out.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.17,0:03:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dogs like Steven's are now transforming lives all over the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.74,0:03:44.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're being trained to detect the early warning signals for \Nsevere allergic reactions, epileptic fits, and narcolepsy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.31,0:03:50.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[lively music]