Pit Bulls Save Couple's Life In Fire

[flvegan]

Dogs Awakened Sleeping Couple As Fire Engulfs Mobile Home

POSTED: 10:48 am MDT September 8, 2005

GREELEY, Colo. -- Three family pit bulls are credited with saving the lives of a Weld County couple who awoke to find their mobile home on fire.

Rick Reed and his fiancee, Alyssa Baker, were asleep at 2 a.m. Wednesday when they were awakened by barking from Reed's three pit bulls. The dogs were frantically scratching on the bedroom door and one even slammed her head into the door several times in an attempt to wake them.

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http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/4949039/detail.html

And thanks to DS1, as I wouldn't have found this story without the "Feuding Redneck" story.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

1. Those awful monsters! Vicious dogs attacking that poor helpless door?

:sarcasm:

[Coventina]

2. That can't be possible! Everyone know pits are devils in dog disguise!

:sarcasm:

[Shell Beau]

3. So many dogs save their families from fires.

My grandmother's maltese did the same for her. It is so sweet. I know that the "pit bull" part will probably get some people going, but I know the owner's are thankful for those dogs.

[Texasgal]

4. Those HORRIBLE dogs!

Let's ban them!! :sarcasm:

[miss_kitty]

5. That's why PIts are so evil!

they'll walk through FIRE to get people!

/sarcasm

[ernstbass]

6. Where are all the pit bull haters NOW?

[WeRQ4U]

7. I still don't want one.

There, you've baited me into saying that I don't really care for them.

[smbolisnch]

8. Evil Pit Bulls! This means nothing! It's a fluke!

:eyes:

Awesome story! :D

[MountainLaurel]

15. OT, but

Good to see another Mountaineer here, especially one who also likes pit bulls.

:hi:

[ulysses]

9. I demand a pit bull registry now!

I might need to live next to one should my life ever be in danger! :)

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

10. Thanks for linking to a good story about them for once...

RIP, Sammy...

[smbolisnch]

11. Sammy was beautiful....

:hug:

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

12. Thank you, yes he was. Best dog ever.

Here he was the day we put him down - with his best friend:



Pits are good dogs.

[smbolisnch]

13. So sweet....

:hug: They are excellent companions.

[cmkramer]

16. Pit Bulls

I've never owned one, nor do I know anyone who's owned one. However, I've heard that a properly trained and socialized pit bull is a truly loving and affectionate pet. However, the "operative" phrase is "properly trained and socialized". They aren't the kind of dogs that you can just tie up in the backyard.

[shockra]

14. Listen to the doggies!

Fire investigators said the fire started from electrical wiring in a wall of the mobile home, a fact that didn't surprise Reed.

"For some time now, the dogs have been obsessed with the south wall of the trailer," Reed told the newspaper. "They kept scratching at it and wouldn't leave it alone, even through they've all got all kinds of chew toys."

Fire investigators said the dogs might have smelled the slight odor given off by frayed wiring.

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