I love a good old fashioned, heartwarming story. Today we have a tale of two dogs, one of which gets injured requiring the support of the other.

The Northern Star has the full story but I’ll give you a quick excerpt of what transpired.

THE miraculous tale of two working dogs from Nymboida reads like a Disney movie.

It’s a story of injury, starvation and mateship between a nine-year-old dog named Buddy and a chocolate kelpie pup called Micky.

The adventure started on Tuesday of last week when the dogs were out on the farm with their owner Ken Tucker, who was fixing fences.

“All of a sudden I looked up and they weren’t there,” Ken said.

“I could hear them barking in the distance so I dare say there was a wild dog fairly close by.”

All Ken usually has to do is whistle and the dogs are back within minutes, but this time they did not return.

By Saturday, after no sign of them, Ken said he had no choice but to give up the search.

It’s believed while chasing the wild dogs, Buddy had become impaled on a stick.

It went straight into his side, preventing him from moving.

Micky the puppy stayed by Buddy’s side for five days, keeping him warm through the frosty nights, and according to South Grafton vet Dr Chris Gough, probably bringing him food.

“If it wasn’t for Micky, Buddy would have almost certainly died,” Dr Gough said.

I urge you to read the whole thing. I love a reading about canine heroes in our midst.

Come on heroes, time to bark up your story.

* Pic is of Dogster member Mocha Bella…a beauty indeed!

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This is an amazing story of friendship and survival.  In Schaumburg, IL. two Rottweilers disappeared off the 10 acre lot where they lived.

The dogs, 10 month old Trixie and 11 month Bosco, were originally thought to have been dognapped.

They were gone for 11 days when a worker, from A Lamp Concrete Contractors Inc., heard a noise coming from the drainage system on the property.

Popping open a manhole in the driveway, they saw Trixi peering up from 10-feet below, said receptionist Theresa Polizzi.

It didn’t take long to retrieve the freezing and shaken 10-month-old “shop dog.”

Bosco was nowhere in sight, but the rescue workers knew he couldn’t be far behind, Polizzi said.

“Wherever she goes, he’s following her,” she said.

Employees called one of the company’s regular vendors to run a camera through the 18-inch pipe and spotted the 11-month-old dog about 225 feet away.

Although the dogs had both lost a staggering amount of weight, at least 15 lbs. each, they were doing surprisingly well. Both were taken to the emergency veterinary hospital for care but were released the same day.

I don’t think it’s a good idea for Bosco to play Follow the Leader with Trixie anymore.

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I just ran across this article warning about glue and our pets. No, they’re not sniffing the stuff, but ingesting it instead.

A Lexington woman says her pet German Shepherd, “Judah,” got into a bottle of “Gorilla Glue.”

The dog ate some of the glue and it expanded in his stomach. Surgery was required to remove the cantaloupe-sized mass and save the dog’s life.

Vets at Woodford Veterinary Clinic say this is the third case they’ve seen in six months and it’s getting national attention in veterinary journals.

As for “Judah,” the dog is recovering and should be back to normal in a couple of days.

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