Dogs are worshipped as messengers from the Hindu god of death (Picture: Rex Features) Dogs are given treats and gifted flower garlands to wear around their necks (Picture: AP) The dogs also get vermilion smeared on their foreheads (Picture: AP)The police dog training centre put on a show with 47 of its dogs – showing people how they had been trained to jump, run and navigate obstacles.

- Confine your puppy when you are unavailable to supervise: Little putties need eyes on them all the time.Make sure you don't leave the puppy in the crate for more than four hours at a time.

Covered in blood after a gruesome accident, which crushed his right hind leg completely, he was barely able to open his eyes.One day, children from the Spastics Society visited the shelter and we were astounded to see the way Charlie bonded with them.

A very good boy/girl is adored with a tika marking (Picture: AFP) Dogs occupy a special place in Hindu mythology (Picture: AFP)Kukur Tihar was also celebrated at Friendicoes, a dog shelter in New Delhi, India where most of the staff hail from Nepal.

Flo has no hind legs (Picture: Pudz Animal Sanctuary)Mrs Fairless, 50, said: ‘When they first met they’d just used to play all the time.

She reached her 5lb goal a year into her diet, and Allison says ‘her vet is super happy with her at the moment.’ What Bertha looks like now (Picture : Allison Hackett /SWNS.COM) She continues, ‘Now she can go up and down the stairs, she can stand on her hind legs, she can run around.

Belle, who turns one later this month, decided to take over from owner April Adie, 23, by standing on her hind legs and pushing her tiny puppy sister in the black case.

In the video description, Jason Sanders explains that his dog had broken both of her legs when she jumped off of a 6 foot deck. It’s both heartwarming and amazing to see a dog learn to overcome obstacles. We want to know if your dog has overcome any obstacles.

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<3This tiny feral kitten lost both back legs when he was born, and somehow managed to survive for nine weeks in the forest. Greenwood reports, Shelly Roche, the founder of Tiny Kittens, believes Cassidy lost his back legs not too long after being born to a feral mother.