Heroes, One and All...

Did you see the article about how Hero, a dog living in Brackenridge, Pennsylvania recently helped rescue her owners from a house fire? Apparently the house caught on fire and Hero barked and barked until her owners woke up. When Wendy and Keith Rankin did, they went downstairs and found that their kitchen was on fire. The couple and their daughter Emily then got out of the house, taking Hero with them. When firefighters arrived on the scene, they found that the fire had consumed much of the kitchen and had spread to a neighbor's house as well. Fortunately they were able to bring the fire under control and no one was seriously injured.

But it almost didn't happen that way...

You see, Hero had been hit by a car a few months ago. Her leg was broken badly and she had other injuries. Fixing it was going to be expensive. So the family was faced with that most terrible of decisions - would they put Hero down, saving her the long and difficult (to say nothing about the expense) road ahead ? Or would they get her leg set and try as best they can to nurse her back to health ?

There was never really any question in the Rankin's minds; they told the vet to do whatever was necessary to fix Hero up. And now they're even more glad that they did.

They chose to save Hero's life, and she, in turn, lived up to her name and saved theirs.

We're all sort of heroes when it comes right down to it...

ARF ! ARF !