![]() Rex reacts negatively to those he deems suspicious and has yet to misjudge someone. In these instances, he illustrates dogs’ abilities to empathize with human sadness, what is called emotional contagion - and their resulting desire to provide care. He will approach grieving mothers and trafficked teenagers, whimper gently, and rest his chin on their lap. Whether in homes, businesses, universities, forests or hospitals, Rex is granted the freedom to investigate on his own, especially by using his nose. Discerning viewers will notice that occasionally there are doubles ( Diesel’s nephews Iko and Izzy), but the lion’s share of the canine performance is Diesel. Charlie Hudson (John Reardon) and rides everywhere in Hudson’s (Canadian and union-made) Dodge Charger. Within the show, Rex is the partner of major crimes Det. As an analyst of animal labour, I am intrigued both by Diesel’s work, and by how Rex the police canine is portrayed.
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