A Puppy Saved From A Fire Becomes A Firefighter

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landonson7 on April 22nd, 2019 at 21:59 UTC »

I'd watch this Disney animated film.

Edit: Wow, I think this is my first gold! Many thanks.

croatianscentsation on April 22nd, 2019 at 22:19 UTC »

I can only imagine how traumatizing that experience was for the pup. I know dogs have a certain capacity for memory, and I imagine that would lead one in these circumstances to more significantly associate fire to danger than the instinctual fear they are born with. That being said, I can only imagine how much training it would take to get the dog to overcome that fear. I guess the better question is how does this pupper help serve as a firefighter. There are many other roles outside of fire emergencies that firefighters play.

Zucchininoodles4life on April 22nd, 2019 at 23:44 UTC »

Guys: Fire dogs do not, and were never used for, going into burning buildings to help save humans. That’s just a misconception from movies and TV. They were orginally used for keeping the horses calm and guarding the fire houses (Dalmatians were typically used due to their calm disposition around horses). Now they’re used as mascots and to be educational, as well has to keep up morale at the firehouse. I don’t even think they take them to fire sights anymore.

Edit: per u/metalfacedoom they’re also used as arson dogs for detecting accelerants post fire