A loyal pit bull has become a hero after protecting his lost owner until rescuers showed up.
The loyal dog helped police in finding a missing 3-year-old boy who had wandered off into the woods on Tuesday, according to the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities came to know about the boy’s disappearance when his mother called 911. She told the police that the child had been playing outside with his siblings and was disappeared along with the family dog, according to a Facebook post from the police department.
Officers and a K9 unit from Suwannee Correctional Institution started searching for the missing boy. Later, they received a call from a neighbor who told them that the child had been found. Buddy, the dog was being very protective and didn’t allow strangers near his human companion.
In bodycam footage obtained by WCTV Eyewitness News, Buddy can be seen leading deputies to the missing boy when they reached on the scene.
“It was such a good ending to something that could have been tragic,” Sheriff Sam St. John told the local news outlet. “We’re all the time putting out tragic news. I’m telling you, it feels so good, so good to tell a good story.”
According to the Police, the family is doing well and that the child was not hurt in the ordeal.
“Fortunately, we were able to reunite the child with his mother, thanks in part to ‘man’s best friend’ and an alert neighbor,” the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office wrote on social media, along with the hashtags “give that dog a bone,” “man’s best friend” and “Lassie ain’t got nothing on Buddy.”
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