A family offered a shelter dog a home and unconditional love one day. Years later, the dog returned the favor by saving her owner from a deadly bullet. Robbers broke into the residence of the residents in early October.
One of them went straight to the owner of the house’s bedroom and shot him, while the other attempted to deal with the eldest daughter but was halted by the family dog.
She charged at the stranger with a ferocity that none of her owners had ever seen before, and the bleeding criminal was chased away.
The dog’s jaw was crushed by a gunshot. She couldn’t bark because of the agony and injuries, so she tried to get aid by rushing to her neighbors. The gates were shut, and the dog proceeded to the lake, where she frequently strolled with the owners to seek for humans.
After an hour of driving around the region, the remaining family members saw the dog sleeping on the grass at the water’s edge.
Her tongue was seriously wounded, two teeth were knocked out, and the bones in her lower jaw were crushed by the bullet.
The dog was unable to eat on her own for several weeks and had to be fed through a tube. The surgeons replaced the crushed pieces of the bone with a metal prosthetic once the dog was strong enough for surgery.
Later, the family posted on the shelter’s Facebook page, thanking the city’s citizens for their support and financial help — the townspeople covered the majority of the costs of treating the dog.
In honor of their second dog, the family chose to donate any remaining monies after the procedure to a shelter.
