yes it's also a song - the title is an allegory, very moving song
the dog is ok, i wouldn't have posted about it if it had been serious. and just like somebody else posted here, after it happened, she tried to make it look like nothing happened - dogs coverup for embarassment the same way people do. i'm not sure cats have the same range of emotions as dogs.
there was a book out a few years ago ranking dog breeds by intelligence. it compared the intelligence of a very smart dog to be about on the level of a 4 year old human.