{"id":462,"date":"2015-07-03T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T10:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/?p=462"},"modified":"2015-07-03T10:00:37","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T10:00:37","slug":"dog-and-down-syndrome-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/dog-and-down-syndrome-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"This Friendly Dog Approaches A Boy With Down Syndrome. What Happens Next Is Adorable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this heartwarming video we meet a dog called Himalaya and a young boy called Hernan. Hernan has Down Syndrome, a genetic condition that many people struggle to understand even to this day. Himalaya doesn&#8217;t care about Hernan&#8217;s condition because he&#8217;s a dog. Dogs don&#8217;t judge people like humans do. All dogs want to do is please people and have <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/dancing-to-uptown-funk\/\">fun<\/a> with them. 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