1.0Orvis Newshttps://news.orvis.comPhil Monahanhttps://news.orvis.com/author/monahanprich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="3FvwF4Q0Cz"><a href="https://news.orvis.com/dogs/Family-Dog-Becomes-Life-Saver-for-Little-Boy">Hero Dog is a Life-Saver for Little Boy with ALS</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://news.orvis.com/dogs/Family-Dog-Becomes-Life-Saver-for-Little-Boy/embed#?secret=3FvwF4Q0Cz" width="600" height="338" title="“Hero Dog is a Life-Saver for Little Boy with ALS” — Orvis News" data-secret="3FvwF4Q0Cz" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> Young Dominic Cumo and now 3-year-old Kipper, his constant companion. photo via dogheirs.com When Shawnee Cumo brought home a Shih Tzu puppy named Kipper, he was just to be a family pet, but the little dog turned out to be much more. Cumo's son, Dominic, has ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), an incurable degenerative disease. Although he had never been trained as a service dog, Kipper took. . .https://s3.amazonaws.com/heirnet/photos/27802/picture_438.png