Miracle Pets is a one-hour, live action program on the ION network, offering a perspective into the realm of human and animal interaction. Hosted by Alan Thicke, the series features animals protecting humans or other pets, one such being a llama guarding a herd of alpacas. It is also shown on Animal Planet as Animal Miracles. Each episode contains three or four segments, some extended beyond a commercial.
Feb 11, 2002
Canada's only Rottweiler police dog is called to a scene; a manatee is rescued by Seaworld; a girl born with spina bifida develops a special relationship with a thrity-two-year-old horse; a retired fighting dog saves his new owner.
Feb 18, 2002
A wounded bottle-nosed dolphin finds a new home; A yellow Labrador saves his owner; A bad-tempered and often vicious llama has a change-of-heart; A German Shepherd rescues his owner from certain death.
Feb 25, 2002
A woman narrowly avoided disaster when her cat awakes her; A stray pup saves her new family; A horse's quick thinking saves his best friend; A woman escapes a house fire thanks to her cat.
Mar 2, 2002
A trained service dog saves a life; A Burmese cat saves his owner from a freak fire; A miniature pony visits children in the hospital.
Mar 9, 2002
A search and rescue dog discovers an avalanche victim alive; A chance meeting of a woman and horse who desperately need one another; A bald eagle finds a new home at a rehabilitation center for birds of prey; A woman and cocker spaniel develop a strong and powerful bond.
Mar 16, 2002
A Golden Retriever pulls his owner to shore, saving him from floating down the river; A medical service dog helps his owner when the power fails and her respirator dies; A woman devotes her time and energy to rescuing and caring for exotic reptiles; Imprisoned women learn to groom, train and care for dogs as part of the Freedom Kennels program.
Mar 23, 2002
A Rottweiler backs up his truck-driving owner during an attack; A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer and his dog track a family lost in the mountains in the dead of winter; A 10-year-old blind girl rides a racing horse, the arena has given her a confidence in life she might never otherwise have known; Two abused Asian elephants become best friends.
Apr 1, 2002
A Golden Retriever saves people from impending heart attacks; A little girl finds a new love through marine animals; An elderly man saves his neighbor's Yorkshire terrier from an icy river; A guide dog risks his life to save his owner.
Apr 8, 2002
A Pitt Bull Terrier saves three children from a venomous snake; A mother rescues her five kittens from a house fire; A former bomb dog saves a man's life with his sense of smell; An arson detection dog catches an arsonist; A three-legged lab pulls two men to dry land.
Apr 15, 2002
A police officer and his canine partner chase down a thief; Shortly after a woman became comatose, a dog shows up to keep her husband company; An Australian Shepherd rescues his owner from a bad date; A woman and dog share a special bond; A prisoner's life is changed after enrolling in the prison's wild horse training.
Apr 22, 2002
A cattle dog blocks stampeding cattle from trampling his owner; A blind cat fights off an intruder; A woman is given the strength to end her abusive marriage and quit her job after swimming with humpback whales; An English Setter warns his owners of a tornado.
Apr 29, 2002
A boy with behavioral problems begins a transformation after befriending a horse; A little three-legged terrier saves her owner from freezing to death; A cocker spaniel shows up and saves a boy's life; A woman is reunited with her horse 23 years later.
May 6, 2002
A spaniel leads a man into a burning house to find his three-year-old grandson; A man rescues an abandoned golden retriever; A champion cutting horse goes blind and learns to live a full life in his dark world; A bio-medical research chimpanzee forms an unlikely bond with a retired farmer; A neighbor's Great Dane rescues a woman from being buried in snow.
