Heroic Dog Finds Family Cat 2 Months After House Fire
A little over two months ago, Christine Marr received devastating news while she was at work. Her home had gone up in flames. All she could think about at the time were her precious pets including her dog Chloe and her two cats Smoke and Ringer.
Firefighters told Marr they had found Chloe lying on the floor in the bathroom. According to Marr, this was where Chloe would go when she was feeling scared. “They found her lying in the bathroom because that's always been her safe zone, so that's where she ran to during the fire,” Marr told The Dodo.
Chloe was rushed to the vet right away. At the time, the firefighters didn't have dog oxygen masks on hand so they had to try using a human oxygen mask before rushing her to the vet. Thankfully, the dog made a full recovery after some time. And because of this experience, the Fire Chief made sure the surrounding fire departments in the local area were equipped with pet oxygen masks for cats and dogs for future cases like this one.
Sadly, while Chloe made it through, this was not the fate for Marr's two cats Smoke and Ringer. Firefighters discovered Smoke in the house deceased and Ringer was nowhere to be found, leaving Marr and firefighters with the impression that Ringer too had died in the fire.
In the month after the horrific fire, Marr went back to the wreckage to feed the several barn cats that would linger on her property and to also call for her cat Ringer. “For a good month, I went there every day and called for Ringer,” Marr said. “I called and called and called. I just didn't believe he had perished in the fire.”
2 months after the house fire, on Mother's Day, Marr's husband took her and their dog Chloe back to the house to show the progress he had made restoring it. Once inside the house, Chloe ran over to a gap in the wall and kept sticking her head inside. And underneath the floorboards, Marr and her husband discovered Ringer!
Ringer snuggled up his owners and was happy to be reunited. The cat was rushed to the vet, where it was discovered he lost half his body weight and would need a feeding tube to eat for some time. Miraculously though, Ringer survived and is expected to make a full recovery much to the amazement of the vets.
Now, Ringer is back home with his family. And heroic Chloe is beyond overjoyed to have her feline sibling back home. “Chloe is so happy, and doesn't want to ever leave the room where he is,” Marr told The Dodo.
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