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SF: Short Story, Aliens capture a Dog from a Colony or Moon.

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1G1MZT
May 14, 2012, 1:40pm

Plot:
The story is from the point of view of the owner of the dog.
A Human Base or Colony is raided by Aliens while the occupants are elsewhere.
It is a data gathering mission to decide if first contact is a good idea.
They capture a Dog along with other artefacts.
They read it's mind and based on the relationship between the Dog and it's owner
they proceed with first contact.

Date:
Probably 1960's to 1970's.
It may have been Juvenile SF and was possibly by Heinlein.

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