Dog Determined To Make Friends With Boy With Down Syndrome

This is the heart-warming moment that a gentle dog befriends a young boy with Down's Syndrome and persuades the child to play. Herman, now five, from La Plata, Buenos Aires, was captured on camera being approached by Himalaya, a Labrador. Herman's mother Ana, who posted the video on YouTube, said her son's condition means that he backs away from contact.

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