Give the Dog a Bone!
This dog certainly deserves a few extra bones after her heroic act, saving her owner from the San Diego County Witch fire that ravaged the area in fall of last year. Ellie, the dog, awoke her owner, Helene Shaughnessy in the middle of the night as the flames lapped only 100 feet from the residence. Human, dog and cats were able to escape the impending blaze unscathed, but the house was destroyed. Ellie was honored this week in Los Angeles with the 26th National Hero Dog Award by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles. There certainly is truth to the phrase: “Man’s Best Friend,” or in this case: “Woman’s Best Friend.”
Not only dogs deserve to be rewarded and not only through heroic acts. Any animals deserve to have a place in our heart. I’m a dog lover, too, but I get devastated whenever I see animals getting hurt and not getting the animal rights that they deserve. I even treat my dog like a child of my own and to any other animals I come across. I even take some photos of them whenever I can and sometimes, they will land right in my personalized checks aside from photo albums and scrapbooks. Anyway, thanks for the blog. It’s really worth reading & very inspirational!