[VIRAL] Labrador Barks Non-Stop to Police, Only to See Her Blind Owner Almost Dead in Ice

A blind elderly living in Limington, Maine, owes his faithful yellow companion for saving his life after falling to a frigid brook.

The legally blind man, 84 years old, slipped and fell into a brook while trying to walk his yellow Labrador Retriever, Samantha.

When he fell into it, his dog immediately went frantic. She was running and barking all over the place.

Fortunately for her owner, a woman who lived near the area heard the dog yelling in the woods not far behind her house. She immediately called the York County Sheriff's Office.

When the officers arrived at the scene, Samantha tried her very best to get their attention. One officer even said that she would not stop barking until one of them followed her.

She led the officers to the woods until they reached the brook where her owner was found yelling for help. Once the officers saw him, they hastily but carefully reached out to him and rescued him from his cold situation.

Because of his old age and vision impairment, he could not make his way out of the ditch. What made the situation a hundred times worst was that he was starting to get hypothermia.

They were able to get him just at the right time because he was quite literally freezing. When checked, his internal body temperature had dropped to a terrifying 84 degrees.

In a statement released by the York County Sheriff's department, if it were not for Samantha's vigor, the story would not have had a happy ending. It would have been quite different, the darker kind.

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Hero Dogs

Instances like this are not uncommon. No, not the blind man falling in brooks kind of cases; no one would wish for that to be a common situation. But, the dogs being heroes are!

People love dogs for a reason: they are affectionate, brave, funny, noble, quirky, and most of all, human's canine pals are loyal. They have been for generations.

There is a reason they are called man's best friends.

Dogs have been doing great things for and with their humans. They have been fighting side by side with human warriors for centuries. Aside from being brothers at arms, especially in the most recent years, they have also helped law enforcement and rescues situations.

A dog has extraordinary abilities fitting for various situations ranging from their defense and offense abilities for fighting along with soldiers to their keen sense of smells that have been proven useful for police officers to find contrabands and rescuers in finding survivors.

To recognize their heroism, the American Humane organization has been giving annual Hero Dog Awards to recognize ordinary dogs who do extraordinary things.

The awards are one of the many initiatives created to recognize the four-legged heroes.

The campaign for the 2021 American Humane Hero Dog Awards has started. The campaigns will be a year-long program that will culminate this fall on the Hallmark Channel.

Awards will be given to exemplary dogs under seven different categories. These are:

• Law Enforcement and Detection,
• Military;
• Therapy;
• Service;
• Shelter;
• Search and Rescue; and;
• Guide/Hearing Dogs.

No number of awards can equate to dogs' bravery and heroism, but it's a nice gesture to commemorate it. They deserve recognition.

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