All tag results for 'hero'

Amanda, you are one of the best moms in the WORLD!!!!

A super pooch in southern Chile only had one thing on her mind when her house was burning to the ground.

Saving her babies!

Tags: amanda, amparo, chile, dog, fire, german shepherd, hero, house, inspiration, mother, rescue, sad

Firefighters are some of the world's greatest heroes, hands down.

And the documentary, BURN, is out to prove it!

In a scene from the film, Detroit firefighters answer the call when a man asks if the brave men and women can save his dogs

Tags: burn, denis leary, detroit, documentary, dog, firefighter, hero, inspiration, pets, rescue

This is a very cute ad for the Hero Dog Awards.

Remember that talking German shepherd??

Well he's back and talking with his owner about

Tags: award, cute cute, dog, funny, hero, hero dog, talking, talking dog

This is absolutely incredible.

A hero dog has changed the policy at a battered woman shelter.

Last year, a woman was nearly beaten to death by her boyfriend.

He literally took a hammer and began beating her with both ends of it.

When she was lying on the floor, near death, her Great Dane threw himself on top of her, absorbing most of the hammer blows from the boyfriend until the man threw them both out of a second story window!

We have trouble even believing one human could do that to another.

When the woman called a domestic abuse survivor shelter, they made arrangements for her but not her savior… no pets were allowed.

The CEO of the center said:

"She was not going to leave her pet alone with him. He saved her life."

Her Great Dane had suffered several broken ribs, a broken hip and serious bruising.

The shelter had to make an exception for this hero.

They said that 40% of woman who suffer domestic abuse won't leave their pets for fear of leaving them with the abuser, so they live in their car or they stay.

Risking their life for their animal.

The CEO said:

"They provide so much comfort, and to have to leave that pet behind is so heartbreaking.

It has become abundantly clear that the incredible therapeutic benefits that pets can have on a family greatly outweigh the cost and inconvenience of housing them."

So the CEO's center has built 7 kennels and now takes pets.

It took the love, loyalty and bravery of one dog to change the policy of women's shelters, and save 40% more lives.

Amazing, simply amazing. This dog deserves a medal.

Tags: abuse, amazing, batter woman, dog, domestic violence, great dane, hero, savior, shelter

Robert Downey Jr. may be known to portray a superhero on the screen, but he's also a real life hero…

For two cute kittens!!

About his new pretty kitties he said:

"Eighteen months ago, I’m saying, ‘I don’t want any rescue pets within 100 yards of either of my residences, I’m sorry. I don’t want some, like, tripod, abused animal.’ I was adamantly opposed to the whole idea.

And now I couldn’t imagine living without them. I’ve become one of those people where the Missus is like, ‘They don’t want to see iPhone pictures of our kittens right now. Stop it."

Wow… that's a pretty big turn around. He pulled a full 180 from somehow hating rescue pets to head over heels loving them.

We're happy that you're happy, Robbie!

[Image via HRC/WENN.]

Tags: cat, cute, hero, kittens, kitty, rescue, robert downey jr

We previously mentioned that when a young soldier, Justin Rollins, was killed in Iraq a dog he had rescued only the night before was sent home to his parents.

The dog, who they named Hero, has been a beacon of strength for them in what has been an impossibly trying time.

A reporter, Kimberly Launier of ABC news went to his parents home and was interviewing them about their fallen son and their dog Hero.

Launier was filming Hero running around the backyard when suddenly, the clouds broke and a single beam of light, shone down on Hero.

She was amazed and on playback of the video, saw that she caught it!

When she showed the video to Justin's parents they were all laughing and dancing… they wondered if it was a sign from Justin.

Excuse us… we need to grab a tissue.

[Image courtesy Kimberly Launier/ABC/Facebook.]

Tags: amazing, beam, death, dog, family, hero, iraq, killed, light, miracle, solider, war

Hercules, the St. Bernard, was rescued from a pound by a young couple.

They found a whole lot more than a new best friend when only 6 hours after taking him, they got home to find an intruder in their house.

Check out the above video to hear how Hercules really earned his name.

Tags: break in, dog, hercules, hero, home invasion, intruder, rescue, st bernard