Wheelchair-bound man rescues dog, dog rescues him in return

So perhaps conceptually this is funny, but more than anything, it’s just kind of an “Awwwwww” story: An Indianapolis man rescued a dog from a pound after his litter had been abandoned in a dumpster. So how did the dog repay him? A year and a half later, the wheelchair-bound owner was frozen into the snow and the dog, Auggie, saved his life. Sorry, just cutting some onions over here.

More than a year-and-a-half ago, Don Fisher rescued Auggie, a golden retriever mix from a local shelter. Auggie and his litter had been abandoned.

Fisher is confined to a wheelchair after his legs were amputated for diabetes. The 75-year-old went outside in his wheelchair early Friday morning to get the paper. Auggie, as he usually does, followed.

But when Fisher tried to turn around, he realized his wheelchair was stuck in the snow. Fisher was stuck outside in freezing cold temperatures with no protection but a sweatshirt and sweat pants.

“He looked at the chair and he looked at me and I said, ‘Go get Mark’,” Fisher recalled. “I saw that was my only chance and I said, ‘Go’ and he went. He’s never done anything like that in his life.”

Fisher’s son Mark was asleep inside, but Auggie woke him up.

Auggie kept barking until Mark followed him outside to help free his dad from the icy trap he got stuck in, fortunately in time before anything bad could happen to Fisher.

I’m a sucker for animals…I adopted my cat, Nilla, after she was also abandoned in a dumpster with the rest of her litter. I just don’t get why people throw animals into the trash like that. Even if you hate animals, just putting them in the garbage seems so cruel, especially when it’s so simple to pop an ad on Craigslist and some nut will take the adorable little guys off your hands within a day.

Oh right, we’re in the Humor category….I bet that dog is getting an extra tablespoon of peanut butter on Mr. Fisher’s crotch tonight! Ha ha! Get it?!?! Sorry, I just want to scratch Auggie behind the ears and go, “Who’s a good boy. Who’s a good boy!!!” The same for Mr. Fisher too. Old people love it when you rub their tummies. I recommend trying this to the next elderly person you see. Nothing could possibly go wrong.

[WTHR]

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