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Badly burned puppy rescued and then adopted by a fire chief.
Two days after intense flames burned down a rental home, Aubrie Krause, a deputy fire marshal for the state of Oregon, investigated the scene.
Although no people were harmed, Aubrie found a terrified puppy, who had been ravaged by the fire.
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"I could smell burned flesh, and his little puppy pads were burned off," she told The Washington Post.
"He had burns on his stomach and his back, his tail was singed off and his left eye was puffed over and shut. It was heartbreaking."
Aubrie delicately set the puppy in her truck, and called the executive director of the South Coast Humane Society, Jennifer Alcorn. Aubrie called the puppy, "Smoky."
At the South Coast Humane Society, Smoky received emergency treatment, and gentle, intense care for the next three weeks.
Having lost all their possessions in the fire, his human companions could not afford his care.
But Aubrey thought Corey Bryant, volunteer fire chief of Greenacres Fire & Rescue could afford his care and would find Smoky irresistible, and texted him photos.
Immediately, Corey wanted Smoky, who would lovingly become family to his two children and his 6-year-old lab, Sadie.
At the Humane Society:
"He crawled out of his little kennel in his bandages and curled up on my lap to snuggle with me," Corey told The Post. "I knew that was it. My heart was full right there."
With Smoky's joyful personality:
"My goal is to incorporate him into fire prevention programs at schools, and I'd like to get to the point where he's a certified service dog."
"I'd love to take him to a children's burn center and a children's cancer center in Portland."
Adding, "Everybody loves him, especially me."
Editor's Note:
To learn more washingtonpost.com/science/2024/04/14/burned-puppy-adopted-oregon-firefighter/.
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