The following story is told by Jack Byers about how he and his family were saved by his Hearing Dog, Clover Belle, from a stalking mountain lion:

Recently a young girl stopped me in the store and asked me about my Hearing Dog. My answer was the usual litany, “She tells me when the phone rings, someone’s at the door, my wife calls my name, etc..” Then when I got home, I got to thinking about it again. There’s so much more to having my Clover Belle than that.

I think the biggest help to me is that I live without so much fear. …