Dog credited with saving girl in Poland
Authorities are crediting a three-year-old girl’s dog with keeping her alive during a freezing night lost in a forest in Poland.
“This dog is the most important part of this story, he is a hero,” said firefighter Grzegorz Szymonowski. “It is thanks to this dog that the girl survived the night.”
Rescue workers searched for the girl, named Julia, after she wandered into the forest near her village in southwestern Poland.
Her dog drew the attention of searchers, and also likely kept her from freezing to death, according to Reuters.
The girl’s grandmother, Danuta Balak, says the dog was the girl’s best friend.
“She was with this dog all the time. She didn’t go anywhere without it. When she was with me, when I was looking after her, she constantly said, ‘Granny, the dog needs to come in the house. And she told me to cut bread and she fed it all the time.”
Julia is being treated for a mild case of frostbite.
Posted by jwoestendiek March 6th, 2013 under Muttsblog, videos.
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