Dog falls 30 feet. Winds up in new, happy home
My colleague Melissa Pamer found this really sweet story. A stray dog -- a Gordon setter -- was found wandering in a Rancho Palos Verdes neighborhood.
Someone took in the dog, but it hopped over a fence and fell 30 feet to the ground below.
Firefighters were summoned. But nobody wanted to pay the vet bill for a stray.
Well, those firefighters may be tough and brave, but they were no match for a pair of pleading eyes. One of them took the pup home with him after a local vet fixed it up for free.
The firefighter named the dog Spot, even though it has no spots. I guess if you're a fire dog, you HAVE to be named Spot.
I'm kinda ruining things by publishing the end of the story here, but it'll only want to make you read the rest of it.
On Wednesday, Berro picked Spot up at the animal hospital and took him to visit fire Station No. 2 in Palos Verdes Estates. From there it was on to Berro's Orange County home, where the dog would be a surprise for the fire captain's wife and two children, who he said have been begging for a new pet.
The dog, trembling with anxiety and lingering pain, gently rested his head on any knee that was offered.
"I'm getting lucky here," Berro said. "He's a real sweetheart."
Here's a video taken by ace photographer Sean Hiller.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1631255545/bctid7332520001
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Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
E-mail Donna at donna.littlejohn@dailybreeze.com.
Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(Video: Rocket the Dog) and is the least popular person on his block. He spends his free time in dog parks, pet shops and always has an extra plastic bag in his pocket just in case. He also has a cat.
E-mail Josh at josh.grossberg@dailybreeze.com.
What a nice story. Thank you for sharing.