Hero, and Australian Kelpie, stars in Love and Monsters, a new action-adventure movie out on Oct. 16 for premium video on demand and for digital purchase. Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE.

Plato's owner helped the dog develop his natural tracking skills by playing hide-and-seek with the pup Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at ... needed to cover the hero dog's treatment.