It might seem like a crazy idea to let a blind dog lead you around, but one Arizona man is still alive because a hiker decided to follow his disabled dog.
Alonza Reddick was out for a hike one night in Phoenix, Arizona with his five-year-old dog Hank when he started behaving strangely. Rather than ignore the dog and keep on the trail, Reddick decided to slow down and see what was making Hank, who has cataracts and is blind, so uneasy.
“His dog started acting funny,” said Capt. Ardell Deliz from the Phoenix Fire Department. “He decided to take his time a little bit and really listen to what was going on and in the distance, he heard a man yelling for help.”
Reddick and Hank ran down through a river and discovered the source of the screaming. As the pair approached a bridge, Reddick saw a fellow hiker was pinned underneath a 700-pound boulder that had fallen on his leg.
“Me and Hank ran through the wash down there underneath the bridge and ran right through the water and Hank led me right through it,” Reddick said. “Hank got me there and was pretty adamant to make sure that guy was OK.”
Reddick immediately called 911, and paramedics and Technical Rescue Teams arrived shortly after. The firefighters were able to lift the boulder off the man’s legs, and while he was badly injured, he was rushed to the hospital where doctors were able to save his leg.
“It was definitely an experience I’ll never forget with this dog,” Reddick said.
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