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Real-life Lassie saves the day in Massachusetts

January 7, 2016 By: Stephen Dietrich

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It was a scene straight out of an episode of “Lassie.”

Police in Orange, Massachusetts say a dog approached an officer on Tuesday barking frantically and then led the officer across a field and down an icy, 30-foot embankment, where the dog’s canine companion had become entangled in the undergrowth.

Firefighters in Orange used a ladder to free the trapped dog, which was taken to a veterinarian for a checkup.

The two dogs had run off hours earlier when their owner suffered a medical emergency at her home and was taken to the hospital. Police tried to catch the dogs, but they kept running away.

Orange police said on their Facebook page: “Apparently, any dog in the right circumstances can turn into Lassie.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

About the Author

Stephen Dietrich

Stephen is a U.S. Army veteran with over a decade of combined experience in political commentary, economics, and news.

Comments

  1. Mary k. says

    January 7, 2016 at 11:19 am

    This is why I’m on my I-pad story like this one, sick of democrats and republicans

  2. john says

    January 7, 2016 at 3:47 pm

    It’s nice to hear something uplifting and positive once in a while!!

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