Vets Trying To Save Hero Dog's Life - Hannah Kalan 6th Period

February 5th, a 9 year old Boxer named Carmen sheltered her owners face in the basement of a Cincinnati home. Flames had engulfed the house and the dog had been trying to protect her owner in that emergency. Her owner, Ben Ledford, was taken to a hospital by first responders where he later passed away. However, Carmen is still alive and in critical condition at a critical care veterinary hospital. Suffering from sever lung damage, she was put on a ventilator as she cannot breathe on her own and has yet to be taken off.
I think it's amazing how our canine companions can show these amazing acts of kindness and loyalty towards their human counterparts, and how it's been going on for so long. Surprisingly enough, the first service dogs were serving during and after World War 1 when Dorothy Harrison Eustis noticed German Shepherds leading blind German veterans down the street.  An organization for seeing eye dogs was formed in 1929 as a result of Eustis's work with Morris Frank, which really proves to show just how close we are to our canine companions.


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