True hero dogs fall!
The destruction of a housefire!!
While telling my readers about dogs that are true heroes, the sad part is that some of those dogs don’t make it from their heroic deeds alive. However, there is still a story to be told.
In Winona, Minnesota, Sue Fueling and her 9 year old daughter, McKenzie were sleeping peacefully in their home. Their 3 year old golden retriever/collie mix named Bella along with Maddie, a six month old golden retirever began jumping on Sue Fueling’s bed and barking to alert her that something was not right. Fueling began to smell the smoke and raced to get McKenzie out of bed and out of the house. Fueling went back to get Bella and Maddie, but for some reason, they wouldn’t come out. Perhaps they still believed that McKenzie was still in the house. By the time the firefighters arrived, the house was virtually totally engulfed and Bella and Maddie were gone. The Fuelings had to taken to the hospital to be monitored for smoke inhalation, but that was nothing compared to the grief they experienced when the realization hit them that their dogs were lost to the blaze that destroyed their home.
The irony of this situation is that Bella was a dog that was rescued and then adopted by the Fuelings because she was in an abusive home. She went on to save the lives of these people when they had saved her from the cruelest of lives. Perhaps that is how it is supposed to be. Maybe that is the circle of life and it worked to provide the dog with the home and love that he needed. No one wanted Bella or Maddie to die and they will never be forgotten, as they were true heroes for Sue and McKenzie Fueling.
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