You can rely on them!

Four paws, tail, bright eyes and alert nose - as if nothing extraordinary, just a dog, one of many. Goes for walks, barks when riding bike, happily wagging his tail at the sight of his guardian. Often we do not realize that he was the pet of the neighborhood ago someone owes life.

If you want to meet people who know or even have the dogs, the Foundation for the Blind Labrador Guide Dog Foundation for Human and Animal Friendship CZE- NE- KA, Rescue Specialist Group TSO boat and brand Velvet organized a nationwide plebiscite on Dog Rescue. The website of the " Let's help together " into a form that allows notification of each dog - trained or not, young or older, racial or mongrel. One that showed above-average abilities rescue .

In November was the final action. At the gala awards guardians were invited together with their nominated dogs. The winner of the poll was 9 -year-old German Shepherd, Bruno, awards coincided Owczarek Bero and kundelce Lora.

Bruno, that perseverance
Carolina Malecka bought the dog in view of the fact that it will be trained on the lifeguard. First, carefully chose the appropriate puppy, then invested in his education.

- Bruno was trained from the first weeks of life - says Carolina. - I really wanted to work with STORAT - I (Association of Civilian Rescue Teams with Dogs ), so he had a lot to learn .

Doggy very quickly passed all the necessary exams and before the end of the second year of life began active work. Then nobody knew yet that his skills will be useful almost immediately.

In 2002, a three-year playing with Winnie the front of the house. At one point dismissed and probably lost his sense of direction. When parents found that the child is not around the house, they called all the possible service. For three nights, three hundred police officers and firefighters searched for the boy. To no avail. Every minute could worsen the fate of the child. It was decided to bring rescue teams with dogs. Bruno, along with three people went one way, the other doggy with the band - in the opposite direction. No wasted hopes and persistently sought Winnie. Suddenly Shepherd Carolina took the lead. After five hours of intense work olfactory Bruno found missing, przemarznietego and exhausted boy.

Joy was not the end. The child was transported to the hospital, and Bruno was hailed as the undisputed hero. Hundreds of people are not able to locate the child and the dog nose proved to be reliable.

- After a week of convalescence Winnie left the hospital. A year later, he met with Bruno and rescue team. This spirited boy of unlucky days, fortunately, just remember that Brunek after finding it licked him on the cheek - says Carolina .

If not for Bruno, Cuba would not be in this world, very different fates would have taken the child's family and their friends. So much depended on the dog.

Certainly an important role in finding the boy played a friendship that Bruno has for children. He was accustomed to contact with them and are happy living in their company. The child loves to have fun, after all, be with him tirelessly chasing the grass or run the ball. What does want more?

- Trained dog rescuer is a " tool " in the hands of his guide - says Malecka Carolina. - For the caregiver will do anything. Also, after finding Winnie the best reward for Bruna was the fact that only a few minutes devoted to him, played with him, petted him and he had me exclusive. Dog rescuer more dependent on contact with the people than the animals.

At this time Bruno is nine years old, about four years longer works actively as his nanny had to change the mode of life. However, there is still the need to be with a man and feels miserable when it needs to be left alone in the house, because Carolina takes it with him almost everywhere. Sometimes it organizes sham exploration stocks, because the ability to find a man still makes psiakowi tremendous joy .

Bero, ie the rate of
The heroic attitude Bruna and find the story of Winnie inspired by Mariusz Filipiuk to purchase the dog and training it on a lifeguard. He learned about the Rzeszów branch STORAT - in and decided to make contact with him. He works in the Volunteer Fire Department in Drelów and found that trained dog would be a real help for firefighters.

Mr. Mariusz quickly found a suitable puppy and for more than two years rode with him in training. When the dog was a certified lifeguard, you had to train people to work with him. Since the beginning of 2005, Bero helps firefighters with Drelów in finding people. The biggest success Shepherd came in February 2008.

The family reported to the police that the man disappears. The search included the fire brigade. They took his dog with him. The family has indicated which way the departed wanted. Bero took the lead.

The trail led into the woods, on the marshy areas. Suddenly the dog began to bark incessantly - an obvious sign that he had found the man. Rescuers rushed hastily in the place indicated by the shepherd and saw the missing. He became immersed in the swamp after the belt. The man wanted to shorten his way back home, but stuck in a morass. He failed to get out of it, and because every move makes the swamp increasingly absorbs the object, it is better to stop. For six hours a man stood in the synovial fluid, which is slowly but steadily it sucked. He had a cell phone, but lost it in the swampy depths, stressed situation. I shudder to think what would have happened if Bero has not led to a missing rescue team. People were looking for him three hours without effect, and the dog a few minutes sufficed to achieve successful rescue .

Fortunately, such actions are very rare. Within three years of Bero took part in five real search. But that did not leave the practice, at least once every two weeks guard organizes his actions pozoranckie. It's very important, because the dog has to have all the time opportunity to develop their skills and training.

- It is important that every dog rescuer search ended successfully - says Mariusz Filipiuk. - Therefore, even if the real action does not find a man plants a someone who goes missing. The animal is able to locate a person, what makes him great joy of the task and gives motivation for further work.

Bero, like his senior colleague Bruno, every day is an ordinary dog chasing uwielbiajacym for a ball. Gentle and good-tempered, loves working with people. Appreciates contact with people and produced his interest. This is a very important feature of a good dog rescuer when a guardian praise the well -filled job is the highest value for the animal .

Lora, that instinct
Not only purebred dogs can perform heroic deeds. Even untrained quadruped is able to save a man's life, as it did mongrel Lora. No one taught her that no one had promised her praise - instinctively know how to behave in an unusual situation.

In life Grazyna Warsaw Lora entered slowly. First appeared in the neighborhood, wandered out of nowhere. Ms. Grazyna giving the hominoid her, but she was still officially homeless female. The day was playing with the children, the night was a warm hiding place where slept. But there came a moment when a woman has taken the final decision: bitch can not walk alone in the neighborhood, because it can become hurt. She decided to give the house inconspicuous psiakowi ago .

February day of 2008 was cold, but not frosty. Ms. Grazyna noticed that the front of the house there is Lory. A neighbor said she saw the bitch near the forest .

- I thought Lora fled - says Grazyna Warsaw. - Forest, which said the neighbor, is quite far from my house.

Suddenly he heard a voice calling upset of three Kate, the daughter of a woman who saw Lora. Ms. Grazyna going to ask what happened. It turns out that the girl has neither at home nor in the immediate vicinity. In one moment forget about the babysitter Lory bitch, finding the child is paramount.

In the search immediately engaged not only police officers and firefighters, as well as all local residents. They brought the dog rescuer, this quickly took the lead. All of hope ran for an animal that ... stopped right at the edge of the river. No hope was lost, however, the action included a second dog, who also led the rescue party to a steep shaft. In the minds of rescuers, neighbors, and most of all family swarmed the most horrible thoughts. Ordered a search of the river, but to no avail. Quickly it was dark, so the action was stopped by morning .

Morning at the scene flown helicopters with thermal imaging cameras. Were not given for a win, it was decided at all costs to find Kate. At the same time, 2.5 kilometers from the place of the search man patrolling the forest he heard a loud barking dog. Concerned followed that voice and, to his surprise, he saw tremendous tiny girl wedged between rocks excavation and barking at her ... Lora. Immediately took the child and informed the police. Barry was taken to hospital .

How is it possible that rescue dogs showed a different location ? Now, to take the trace used clothes that he wore the brother of the girl ; boy he was before the river. In contrast, Lora padded for Kate step by step, when the girl moved away from home. If care is not an all-night girls, three year old probably would not survive a cold February night. The dog lay snuggled girl so small not wyziebila completely. In addition, give the child a sense of security, necessary in such terrible circumstances.

How Lora knew how to behave in such an extreme situation ? Nobody taught her not acted instinctively. The dog does not have to be expertly trained, therefore, a lifeguard, to know how to help a person in the toughest conditions.

In canine heroes unusual is their tremendous desire to be with a man and show him loyalty and devotion. They are ready for the greatest sacrifices. Do you realize that save lives ? Perhaps not, but it is the duty of the people offering them in return love and gratitude.