Foster Dog Alerts Sleeping Family Of 5 From Houseboat Fire, He's A Hero!
By RoseKiss
A Virginia family is calling their foster dog as a hero for rescuing them from a fire that devastated their houseboat.
The Portsmouth Humane Society has this cool program called "Paws Around Portsmouth." Basically, you can borrow one of their adoptable dogs for a bit and take them to local events.
So, about two weeks ago, Chris Cushna and Sheila Janes borrowed a doggo named Moose, a Great Pyrenees. They took Moose to the market and were trying to find a new home for him. They met someone who was interested but couldn't adopt Moose right then.
So, they took Moose back to their houseboat at the Tidewater Yacht Marina and called it a night.
Moose | The boat fire
As the family slept, the boat next to theirs caught fire. Moose woke the family up and alerted them to smoke pouring in from the neighboring boat.
"Those were critical minutes," Janes told Newsweek. "It happened so quickly and, at that point, every second counts."
Moose / Credit: Shiela Janes
The family was able to get out safely, but their home was destroyed and they lost everything.
Moose finds his forever home
Moose was returned to the shelter.
About a week later, he was rescued by a Portsmouth family who was following his story on the local news.
Moose and Ciara Lucas / Credit: WTKR News 3
"We saw that he had been returned, and I was talking to my husband," Ciara Lucas said. "I told him Moose got returned and he was like 'well, go get him'."
So, Lucas brought him home, which had quite a few animals already, including dogs, cats, chicken, goats and even a tortoise.
"He's here to stay," Lucas said.
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