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Maureen Burns’ hero is her red collie cross dog called Max. The Mirror reported (23/02/09) the amazing story of how Max detected Maureen’s illness - and his persistence prompted her to have a health check. It was a hounding that quite simply saved her life! Woof!

The 64-year-old realised something was wrong when Max started acting strangely. Max changed from being a lively, clever canine, to being very withdrawn. More notably, he also repeatedly sniffed Maureen’s breath and nudged her right breast.

The odd behaviour of her beloved pooch prompted Maureen to check her breasts and she discovered a small lump in the right one. (The growth did not show up on a hospital mammogram.)

Still convinced that something was wrong, she persuaded surgeons to do a biopsy. And Max’s and Maureen’s hunch was proved right when the results confirmed there was a lump - and it was malignant.

Maureen, who lives in Rugby, believes she would not be here today if it weren’t for her 10-year-old dog. She said: “I do believe that Max has saved my life. It was his peculiar reaction that alerted me to the fact that something was wrong.”

“At first I thought he was just getting old, he was not so playful and his eyes were sad. He’d sniff my breath in an odd way - I even asked my husband Roger if I had halitosis.”

“Max would also nudge my right breast then back away.

Maureen said that on the very day she had the biopsy done, she told her nurse that she already knew the results - that she had cancer - because her “dear dog” had told her: “I thought she’d laugh but she said she’d heard it before.”

Maureen had two operations to remove the malignant lump, as well as radiotherapy. Her prognosis is now excellent.

Maureen now supports Cancer and Bio-detection Dogs. Claire Guest, who trains dogs for the charity, said: “This is not surprising to us. We have heard of dogs being able to detect melanoma or skin cancer on their owners. Max’s persistence indicates how sensitive dogs are, and how much potential there is with the work we are doing.”

Aren’t us dogs just AMAZING!?! If you would like to sponsor one of the charity’s puppies which costs £20 a year or £2 a month, or donate to the charity Cancer and Bio-detection Dogs, go to www.cancerdogs.co.uk or call 01296 655888. Or just log on and read more amazing stories!

SuperWoof to Max, Maureen and all the Bio-Detection Dogs of the UK!

Awoof! Archie

Posted 04 Mar 09