Unusual Animal Friendship Frees Dog From Depression: ‘Start Smiling Again’
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Home World Unusual animal friendship frees dog from depression: “Started smiling again” Stand: 13.08.2026, 21:48 Comments Follow us on Google An unusual friendship awakens new courage in a dog that had become driven and unhappy by epilepsy drugs. This article by Poppy Wood was written in collaboration with telegraph.co.uk Tori Cannarelli, Barley’s owner, seeking help after her dog suffered a series of seizures in 2024. But it was the diagnosis of epilepsy and the subsequent drug treatment that apparently deprived their beloved animal of any joy in life. “She always slept or was sad,” Cannarelli said. “It was heartbreaking.” While the family was still weighing what to do, she saw an ad on Facebook of an elementary school teacher who wanted to drop two Pekin duck chicks near her home on Long Island, New York.
Furthermore, She showed personality again. They named the duck Louie and built her an outdoor enclosure with a wind-sheltered shed and a small pool that Barley runs to every morning to look for her friend. “Sometimes she gets her five minutes and runs around and plays with the duck like she’s a puppy,” Cannarelli told the Washington Post, further explaining, “The duck is constantly running after the dog.”. Barley, a seven-year-old Golden Retriever, had “lost her goldenness” after she was diagnosed with epilepsy. The Golden Retriever put his muzzle into the little enclosure of the chick, and within a few weeks the two were inseparable.
In addition, A duck moves in and changes the life of bitch Barley One of the ducks died the first night, and originally they wanted to keep the other only a few days at home.
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Home World Unusual animal friendship frees dog from depression: “Started smiling again” Stand: 13.08.2026, 21:48 Comments Follow us on Google An unusual friendship awakens new courage in a dog that had become driven and unhappy by epilepsy drugs.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThis article by Poppy Wood was written in collaboration with telegraph.co.uk Tori Cannarelli, Barley’s owner, seeking help after her dog suffered a series of seizures in 2024.
reliability low1/2 sourcesBut it was the diagnosis of epilepsy and the subsequent drug treatment that apparently deprived their beloved animal of any joy in life. “She always slept or was sad,” Cannarelli said. “It was heartbreaking.” While the family was still weighing what to do, she saw an ad on Facebook of an elementary school teacher who wanted to drop two Pekin duck chicks near her home on Long Island, New York.
reliability low1/2 sourcesShe showed personality again. They named the duck Louie and built her an outdoor enclosure with a wind-sheltered shed and a small pool that Barley runs to every morning to look for her friend. “Sometimes she gets her five minutes and runs around and plays with the duck like she’s a puppy,” Cannarelli told the Washington Post, further explaining, “The duck is constantly running after the dog.”.
reliability low1/2 sourcesBarley, a seven-year-old Golden Retriever, had “lost her goldenness” after she was diagnosed with epilepsy.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe Golden Retriever put his muzzle into the little enclosure of the chick, and within a few weeks the two were inseparable.
reliability low1/2 sourcesA duck moves in and changes the life of bitch Barley One of the ducks died the first night, and originally they wanted to keep the other only a few days at home.
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