The husky’s ears shot up. Its gaze became tense, as if it had picked up a faint but alarming signal. At first, the dog whined softly, then it suddenly jumped up and rushed toward the bus driver.

The service dog pressed its paws against the dashboard, pressed its nose against the windshield, and began barking loudly. The bark was deep, piercing, with growls, as if the dog demanded immediate action. It scratched the dashboard with its paws, looked straight at the road, then back at the driver, as if trying to say something.

The bus driver, a man in his mid-forties, initially tried to ignore it. The bus was full of people – he couldn’t risk their lives. He held the steering wheel tightly, trying not to be distracted by the dog’s strange behavior. But the further they went, the more insistently the dog continued barking, pressing its chest against the dashboard, growling, literally “drawing” the driver’s attention to the road.