Hero of the Week: Dog Leads Rescuers to Injured Grandmother

This week's hero is a dog whose grandmotherinjured herself during a dog walk making her incapable of walking.The dog led a rescuer to find her!

Dog Finds Missing 86-Year-Old 

A Florida deputy said a dog named Eeyore “practically dragged” him to the spot where a missing 86-year-old woman had fallen while walking him.

The woman’s husband reported her missing the night of Sept. 25 after she didn’t return after walking Eeyore around her Destin neighborhood. Their walks usually take 10 or 15 minutes, but they had been gone for more than an hour, the woman’s husband told Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy Devon Miller.

Miller drove around the neighborhood until she spotted Eeyore, his leash still attached and the woman nowhere in sight. In body camera footage, Miller is seen taking Eeyore’s leash and asking, “Where’s your mommy?”

“He seemed like he was on a mission,” Miller said in an interview the sheriff’s department shared on social media. “He practically dragged me to her.”

Eeyore lay by the woman’s side, clearly protecting her, Miller said, adding, “He deserves lots of belly rubs and a steak dinner. That dog did everything.”

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@brutamerica A dog named Eeyore helped lead a Florida deputy to an injured 86-year-old woman who had fallen while out on a walk. After the video went viral, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office posted an update about the responding deputy, Devon Miller, who had recently rescued a kitten as well.   

The woman was alert and later taken to a medical facility to be checked out.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office commended Eeyore’s extraordinary actions.