Having a dog around the house is always a blessing: not only are they loving and loyal companions, but they can even sᴀᴠᴇ your life. We’ve seen stories of dogs stepping up to protect their owners or alert them of ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀ. Now, one woman is calling her dog a hero after he helped sᴀᴠᴇ her baby’s life, alerting the parents in time after the child sᴛᴏᴘᴘᴇᴅ ʙʀᴇᴀᴛʜɪɴɢ.
Kelly Andrew, from Boston, Mᴀssᴀᴄʜᴜsᴇᴛᴛs, is the owner of a Boston terrier named Henry. Recently, the dog started acting up in the middle of the night, and kept ʙʀᴇᴀᴋɪɴɢ ɪɴᴛᴏ their nursery and waking Kelly’s baby. Kelly Andrew said that she was “fed up” with her dog disturbing her sɪᴄᴋ daughter. “Last night the dog kept ʙʀᴇᴀᴋɪɴɢ ɪɴᴛᴏ the nursery and waking the baby. She’s been sɪᴄᴋ, and I was getting so fed up with him,” Andrew wrote.
She was very upset with the dog’s behavior. However, she soon realised the dog was acting weird on a ʜᴜɴᴄʜ, and realised that the infant had sᴛᴏᴘᴘᴇᴅ ʙʀᴇᴀᴛʜɪɴɢ. Thanks to the canine’s alertness, the parent could quickly rush the child to Connecticut Children’s hospital in Hartford to get ᴇᴍᴇʀɢᴇɴᴄʏ ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ. “We spent the night in the hospital. I don’t know what would have happened if he hadn’t woken her. We don’t deserve dogs,” the grateful mother added while sharing the story.
Kelly first thought her baby was sᴜꜰꜰᴇʀɪɴɢ ꜰʀᴏᴍ a ʜᴇᴀᴅ ᴄᴏʟᴅ but in turned out she was sᴛʀᴜɢɢʟɪɴɢ to clear her ᴀɪʀᴡᴀʏ. She turned blue and went rigid as she was ᴜɴᴀʙʟᴇ to get any ᴏxʏɢᴇɴ. Hours after the ordeal, the baby was released from hospital to ʀᴇᴄᴏᴠᴇʀ at home. Her husband told that the dog “definitely had a steak coming” and that they would treat him like he is “king of the castle”.
We’re so glad this baby is safe now, thanks to the quick-thinking of this heroic dog! Good boy, Henry! Share this amazing news to show how great dogs can be!
