My Pet Story: Joey, my cancer-detecting dog


  • Animals
  • Friday, 14 Jan 2022

Joey in 2015, a year after she had been adopted. Photo: P. Komala Devi

King Frederick of Prussia once said, a dog is "a man’s best friend”. Since time immemorial, the only, absolute and best friend that a man has, in this selfish world, the only one that will not betray or deny him, is his dog. To me, my dogs are the only family I have.

Being single, I decided to adopt dogs as my companions. As an independent animal rescuer, I adopted abandoned dogs.

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