Dogs can be real heroes. They have a great ability to sense when someone is in danger and come to the rescue, whether they be human or animal.
Dogs can be real heroes. They have a great ability to sense when someone is in danger and come to the rescue, whether they be human or animal. That’s what one dog proved, when he jumped into action to save a baby deer who was out in the middle of a lake.Ralph Dorn, a retired Marine Corps pilot from Virginia, is the owner of a Goldendoodle named Harley.
On June 2, they were outside at the lake near their home, and suddenly Ralph couldn’t find his dog anywhere.Then, he noticed Harley was in the water, paddling himself out to the middle of the lake:
Facebook/Ralph Dorn
Facebook/Ralph Dorn
Even back on land, Harley kept protecting the deer: “Harley didn’t want to leave the fawn,” Ralph told People. “He just kept interacting with it, licking it, caring for it.”
But it turns out, Harley and the deer kept in touch. The next morning, Ralph noticed that Harley was restless, and looked out his front door… and saw the fawn, there to see Harley again.
“The little one stopped bleating, tail wagging, they touched noses sniffed each other and Harley came calmly back to the house with me,” Ralph wrote.
Facebook/Ralph Dorn
The deer then walked off with its mother again.Harley’s story has now gone viral: Ralph’s Facebook post recounting the story has been shared over 253,000 times.
Ralph says he’s happy the story has moved so many people, but Harley’s act of heroism didn’t surprise him.He says that Harley is a therapy dog who has worked with the elderly and children.
“We could tell right away, even as a puppy, he had such a good heart,” Ralph told People. “He has always been like that with children and animals. He loves them all.”
Facebook/Ralph Dorn
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