He's a little dog who wanted to protect his human. Hear how Punchy fought for his owner, Nanette McDonald, and how in turn she, with the help of the internet, fought for him.

Human curiosity about what's beyond our blue skies got the better of us. We invented all kinds of technologies to get us there, but it wasn't only us. We remember the fish, cats, frogs, monkeys, spiders and dogs who were sent out into the unknown.

Furkid and furbaby are terms used when trying to describe the relationship we have with our pets.  We ask pet owners at the Edmonton International Cat Festival for the titles they've chosen to give their companion animals. And then we uncover why this has developed over the last 50 years, with Anthrozoologist Dr John Bradshaw.