Fire Crew Finds Someone Waiting For Help On A Remote Dirt Road

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"It was almost like it was meant to be."

BY STEPHEN MESSENGER

Last week, a fire crew in Colorado was driving along a remote mountain road, about 5 miles from the nearest main street, when they spotted a small figure motionless in the path ahead.

At first, they thought it was a dead skunk or raccoon.

But they were wrong.



“Once we got closer, he picked up his head and looked at us. We were like, ‘Holy crap, it’s a dog,’” Eddie Tobin, from the Archuleta County Wildland Fire Crew, told The Dodo. “We were kind of shocked that he was alive and just laying there.”

Tobin approached the frightened pup, who appeared to have internal injuries, in an attempt to win his trust.

“He was very scared about being touched. We had to sit with him for about 20 minutes and feed him bits of a granola bar to even touch him,” Tobin said.



It’s unclear exactly how the little dog came to be there, so far from civilization, but Tobin believes he’d been dumped there to perish all alone. The dog’s only hope was to wait in the road for someone kind to come along.

Thankfully, the fire crew had found him just in time.



Tobin scooped the pup up in his arms, and the crew brought him to a vet in town.



“When the vet office asked for his name, we called him Smokey,” Tobin said.

Smokey was found to have broken ribs on one side, possibly from being kicked by the person who’d abandoned him.

Now, little Smokey is on the mend — and will never be alone again.



Tobin and his fiancée have several rescue dogs, and they volunteered to take Smokey in as a foster. But after saving his life that day, Tobin’s family soon decided to save Smokey for a lifetime.

“After a night at the vet's office, we brought him home and fell in love,” Tobin said. “We decided to keep him."



Smokey was home.



The person who dumped Smokey there to die may never be known, but they likely never suspected their cruel act would be met by a stranger's kindness. But fortunately, fate led Tobin and his crew to the remote spot to do just that — and for Smokey, it made all the difference.

"It was almost like it was meant to be," Tobin said.

https://www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/fire-crew-rescues-abandoned-dog

[Demovictory9]

1. im so happy smokey found a home

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2. I curse anybody who would abuse a little animal like that!

There is a special place in hell for that individual.

[sprinkleeninow]

6. An act such as that is in the accursed category.

Those who commit such acts think they may have gotten away in this life.

Woe unto them when they finally reap the iniquities they have sown.

Jesus weeps....

[DBoon]

8. Imagine what they would do with a child

NT

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. As noted, we have no idea how that sweet

dog got to where he was rescued, but he didn't just wander there by himself.

I have nothing but contempt for anyone that would abandon a dog or a cat. If for whatever reason you don't want the animal, bring it to a shelter.

I'm a cat person, and some years back a cat showed up on my driveway, starving, and flea infested. We took her in, making her the third cat in the household. I have no idea how she wound up alone, whether she'd been abandoned, or somehow got lost, who knows? But it was clear that she'd originally been a well loved, well treated pet, and she made a wonderful addition to our household.

Right now I have no resident animals, but someday I hope to have cats again. Meanwhile, thanks to all who rescue such lost or abandoned canines and felines.

[SCVDem]

4. It's a clickbait story

Without the click or bait.

Thank you!

[Sucha NastyWoman]

5. Love story

I needed that

[MarianJack]

7. For the person who left Smokey to die, my suggestion involves...

...an anvil, a sledgehammer and his balls. One at a time.

RESIST!