Thursday, March 13, 2008

Neat Story I Found Online

This is a really neat story. I remember when I decided to name Bronson - I was googling everything there was to know about Bernese Mountain Dogs.  I came across this story.  Funny that the dog's name was Bronson as well.  I kept it anyways even though there was another Bronson Berner.  Wonder if my guy will be a hero - hopefully we won't need him to be.

Here is the story:

One afternoon, some children were enjoying inner-tube rafting down a rocky offshoot of the Dungeneff River near Seattle, Washington. One nine-year-old girl was left behind as the other children arrived on shore, where a Bernese Mountain Dog named Bronson was waiting to greet them. Left alone on the water, the girl panicked and fell off of her inner tube into the roiling water. Her companions watched helplessly as she struggled in the water, but Bronson never hesitated. He leaped into the rough waters, swam to her, and grabbed hold of her clothes. Swimming strongly, he pulled the child to shore by the seat of her pants. But his Berner sense of duty was not yet satisfied. He also rescued a full-grown keeshond that was in the water. As a final victory, Bronson patrolled up and down the beach and would not allow any of the children to go back into the river.
The most amazing part of this story is that this Bernese Mountain Dog did not belong to any of the children whom he was protecting; in fact, none of the children knew him. He was just a big, friendly dog standing on the shore. But at least one family was very thankful that a big, tricolor dog was watching over a group of children that afternoon on the Dungeneff.

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