We’ve all been warned of the dangers of leaving a baby or child in a locked car on a warm day, and the dangers for dogs in that situation are just as real as the temperature inside of a car can easily reach 120 degrees in a few minutes on a 78-degree day.
One dog owner, however, had no idea how hot the inside of her van could get on a mildly warm day, and figured it would be fine to leave her French mastiff behind in the van while she ran a few quick errands. Yet, the dog quickly panicked as the temperature rose and resorted to breaking the window for fresh air.
“When I first saw the dog, I thought that the window was partially down but there was glass on the floor and he had his front paws out towards us,” 13-year-old school boy Bradley North said of the moment he realized something was wrong.
“Me and my friends waited for five minutes for the owner to come back to the van but the dog ran up and jumped through the window and started to hang himself,” North said.
The 13-year old rushed over to the struggling dog who was now hanging himself as his leash got stuck on something when he tried jumping out. “I lifted him up slightly so he would stop hanging himself then I managed to unpick the buckle on the lead and managed to save him.”
“I waited for 15 minutes for the owner to come back and she thanked me for saving him then I helped her sweep up the glass,” North explained. “I felt really sorry for the dog when I saw them and I just thought about my own dog and that I would want someone to save him if he was in the same position.”
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Hero Boy Rescues Dog’s Life After Breaking A Window To Escape Hot Van is an article from: LifeDaily