Felt compelled to post this touching story about a real life Lassie that not only kept his owner warm after being injured during a freeziing night, but led the search and rescue team right to her…5 miles from the trail head where rescuers found the dog.

“Moab police found Ballengee’s pickup truck at the Amasa Back trailhead at 12:30 p.m. Friday. As search-and-rescue personnel arrived, a dog matching the description of Taz was seen running around the trailhead. ‘The dog took our rescue personnel right to her. I think we would have eventually found her, because we were in the right location, but the dog saved us some time,’ said Curt Brewer, chief deputy with the Grand County Sheriff’s Office.”

Read the whole story: Dog leads rescuers to injured runner stranded near Moab

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