This Dog Went Missing From Home Each Day But When Her Mom Found Out Why – It’ll Make You Cry

[Music] dogs are loyal creatures that love unconditionally and never judge they can also be somewhat mischievous what with their tendency to want to wander off and explore anything and everything however when sake repeatedly escaped from her yard she wasn't misbehaving in fact her reasons for disappearing were precisely why dogs are man's best friends it all started when Saki was a stray puppy roaming around Sacramento California here she was found by a lady and brought to the attention of the national disaster search Dog Foundation and on noticing the young dogs cleverness and temperament the organization reckoned that Saki could become a great service dog so Saki was temporarily housed with a lady called Denny a service dog trainer and her family for a preliminary training period it turned out however that the dog wasn't that enamored by her new regime this was strange though because the young German Shepherd was bright active and had a great nose she was basically perfect for the job but there was one thing preventing Saki from becoming a great rescue dog a young boy with blonde ringlets the boy was six year-old Danny Mangold who lived across the road from Denny with his adoptive family Danny had faced many struggles already in his short life indeed he had severely delayed development though his doctors could not pinpoint exactly why it turned out that Florida born Danny's illiterate father was just 17 when Danny was born so he had been unable to take care of him therefore Danny at just 6 months old was adopted by friends of friends Dixie Morgan and her husband at the time dad back then little Danny couldn't eat solid food or hold his head up and everything came slower to him he had trouble forming words for instance and he took a longer than normal to crawl and eventually it's frustrating because every parent hopes her child will excel Dixie would later tell the Los Angeles Times in 1999 so he coached him we urged him we encouraged him but we knew from the first time we met him that he had problems Danny started attending a special education program after his first birthday to help with his development by the age of five however the little boy was still lagging behind his classmates he couldn't speak in whole sentences and he was unable to use the toilet by himself it was around this time that Dixie separated from Dan and moved to Ojai with Danny and his two older adopted siblings Dixie then ended up marrying her old high-school flame who went on to become a father figure to the three adopted kids so the Morgan family became neighbors to Denny who was by this time training or at least attempting to Train sake little did the Morgans know however that this one stray pooch would soon become a big part of their lives in fact Saki was so curious about her new neighbors that she began escaping her yard every day and going to see them and when Denny went to retrieve her she found that the dog had made a beeline for Danny no one could have expected what would happen when Saki and Danny met It was as if they struck up an instant bond Danny and Saki quickly became close friends with the pair regularly playing catch and taking naps together I was touched by the way Saki and Danny connected Dixie told the Los Angeles Times socially he doesn't always interact effectively with his peers but he did with a dog Saki understood him they understood each other indeed the pair understood each other so well that their relationship began to have a noticeable effect on Danny just a week after him meeting Saki in fact the boy speech started improving his motor skills also improved as he threw balls for the dog Danny even began using the toilet in fact Danny soon became able to talk in complete sentences this is my puppy he began to say I am sakis dad Dixie was skeptical at first that this was down to the dogs influence but after the two spent more time together it became clear that Saki was indeed a special and influential dog Dixie therefore reached out to the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation to see if Danny could keep the dog but the answer was not encouraging good search dogs are hard to find the foundation might test up to fifty dogs before finding the right one for the job and Saki was displaying all the requisite attributes the dog herself though was clearly happy where she was and of course she was working by helping to fast forward Annie's development so Dixie decided to invite the foundation's president Wilma Melville to come and see their special relationship for herself after seeing Danny and Saki together Melville made the decision to release Saki from the program to let the dog go it was not easy she explained to the Los Angeles Times but we decided that the dog had a real use here she and Danny made a very heartwarming attachment what's more this attachment only grew stronger when Stanny and Saki were together for good the boy reveled in taking responsibility for the dog's care in addition to feeding her he brushed her coat and gave the pooch a pillow for her head at night it's Saki however who's given Danny the greatest gift of all speaking to the Los Angeles Times the boys older sister Cecily described it best she said you know how a butterfly can't live without its wings that's how it is for them you