Great post!👏 You have addressed, with a true story, also complex themes such as PTSD, resilience and providing support in a few words😊... I believe that one of the objectives of any writer is not only to leave his or her particular mark but also that the reader, reading between lines, reflect on things that maybe you didn't see that way before... Regarding PTSD, you mention that we don't know if it has existed long before, it reminded me of a good book I once read "Healing Collective Trauma" by Thomas Hübl, Perhaps you and others may be interested... On the other hand, more than resilient, your friend's dog is antifragile and that is how we can all be, because resilient is the ability of reinventing yourself and overcoming difficult situations, the ability to return to the initial state after a difficult situation... while "antifragile" is not only returning to the initial state but that difficult experience makes you return being much better and stronger ... really the dog's ability was amazing due to the weather conditions but he came back stronger than he was, and as you say "prepared"... that ability is admirable in any person or animal... finally ( It's time to finish the comment because it's quite long already😅) I would like to remember a phrase from Plato that said something like "Looking for the good of our fellow men, we will find our own"... thank you very much for your post, my respects. ..and sorry for the long comment😁🙏