A senior dog in Maine was saved from near-frozen death by the acts of a sheriff’s officer, and she is now back with her owner.
Deputy Mark Anderson received reports of a dog lying in the road near Arrowsic, Maine, early on Saturday morning. He didn’t immediately find anything when he got to the location, but after looking around a little, he found the puppy in a ditch. The female dog seemed to be “almost frozen to death,” the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook. At the time of the rescue, the temperature was in the single digits on a very cold morning.
It appeared to Anderson that there were claw marks on the ditch, most likely from the dog attempting to get out before her paws became too cold and she gave up. The dog was taken from the ditch by Anderson, who then brought her to the dispatch center of the Bath sheriff’s office, where she was given treatment by dispatchers who were on duty.
The good girl needed some warmth, so the dispatchers brought blankets and a small heater for her. She then had food.
According to the Facebook post, they gave her a plate of food, and once she stopped shaking and warmed up, she finished it all.
With missing dog posters in hand, Anderson returned to the location where he had discovered the dog to attempt to locate her owner after dropping her off. He started pounding on doors in the neighborhood and soon found the owner of the puppy.
Anderson discovered the dog had escaped the previous evening at approximately nine o’clock and was at least fourteen years old. Understandably, the elderly owner of the dog became quite concerned when her dog failed to return home that evening. She waited for her puppy all night long.
Since then, the dog and owner have gotten back together, which is a happy ending because of Anderson’s rescue work.