April 10, 2013: Charley

Charley was a cute Golden Retriever that lived in town with an older couple. They were in their late sixties and they had Charley for almost twenty years. He was the best dog they've ever had. Everybody in town knew who Charley was and who he belonged to so they didn't bother him when he was wondering around. One afternoon Charley's owner had an accident and his wife was in town buying flowers to plant. Charley knew something was wrong and dashed to town. Charley was getting old, anyone could tell by the way he breathed. Charley found his owners wife at the repair store looking at hammers. He tugged and tugged at her legs and arm and finally just barked at her. She wasn't use to his behavior and threatened that she wasn't going to comb his hair out later if he didn't stop. Usually that would make Charley mind but not this time. When she realized that wasn't working she then thought something could be wrong. She hurried home with Charley in the back seat as soon as she let him out he ran to the scene. She saw her husband in the floor and gasped. She couldn't believe that Charley had saved his life and the day.