Modern Day ‘Lassie’ Leads Police To Puppy In Danger

Here’s all the proof you need that dogs are a lot smarter than most people give them credit for…

Police officers in Orange, Massachusetts said they got a whole lot more than they bargained for when they responded to a routine house call for a woman sufferring from a medical condition who needed transportation to the hospital.

In the Facebook post, which has quickly been going viral, gaining thousands of likes and shares overnight, the Orange Ma Police Department explains a series of events that can only be described as a storyline straight out of Lassie. 

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Yet, in this story, little Timmy is nowhere to be found. Instead, when the officers arrived at the woman’s home, they found her two terrier mix dogs, who quickly took off running down the road. The kindhearted officers tried to catch up with the sick woman’s dogs, but they were long gone.

They contacted animal control and moved along, but one officer decided to look around the neighborhood for the lost pets and was shocked to find one the dogs barking to get his attention.

“The dog insisted that the officer follow him through a field to an embankment. Officer Bisceglia saw that the second dog had slid on the ice, approximately 30 feet down to the bottom, and was wedged in some overgrowth.” Orange Ma Police Department wrote.

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Firefighters quickly came to the rescue and pulled the dog out of the snowy mess. Both were then taken to a local veterinarian, where they were deemed healthy.

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The police officers ended the incredible story saying “Apparently, any dog in the right circumstance can turn into “Lassie”!”