Hero Dogs
Kelsey
In the winter of 2017, a man slipped in the snow in the frigid Michigan wilderness and broke his neck. As he lay paralyzed, he believed he was fated to freeze to death. His golden retriever, Kelsey, however, was determined to save him. The Telegraph reported that Kelsey lay on top of her owner to keep him warm for a full 19 hours, barking incessantly until help arrived, long after her owner lost consciousness.
Jazzy
In the spring of 2018, a local Fox affiliate in Candor, New York, reported that a Yorkshire terrier named Jazzy made the leap from rescue dog to rescuer. When Jazzy’s diabetic owner fell unconscious, she tried to wake him by nudging his chin and barking frantically. This alerted the man’s mother, who was able to wake him before he went into diabetic shock. Thanks to Jazzy, her owner survived.
Buddy
An 87-year-old man in Boynton Beach, Florida, probably owes his life to his dog, Buddy. A local news station there reported that when the elderly man fell and couldn’t get up, the 12-year-old Buddy—no spring chicken himself—sprang into action. The dog sensed the danger, broke through a screen door, ran to a neighbor’s house, alerted them to the danger, and led them over to the injured man, who was then saved.
Sako
In 2017, a king shepherd from British Columbia was inducted into the Purina Animal Hall of Fame for an amazing act of heroism. Having survived a car accident that killed all passengers apart from Sako and his teenage owner, the dog took care of his badly wounded master for 40 hours until rescuers found them. Throughout the ordeal, Sako kept his master warm, led him to water, and fought off coyotes.
Cheyenne
Senior Airman David Sharpe was living with undiagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder and depression when he adopted a pit bull puppy from an animal shelter and named her Cheyenne. Months later, Sharpe was on the verge of suicide, sitting on the kitchen floor of his home with a handgun. Cheyenne came up alongside Sharpe, sat down, and licked his ear, making Sharpe laugh. The veteran later said that the puppy in that moment gave him a new reason for living, and that in saving Cheyenne, she’d saved him, too.
Pretty amazing hero dogs - just ordinary dogs doing what they know to do. The value of a dog in every day life is important too - just a good old dog - just being there - just loving you.
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