Loyal dog returns to owner's funeral
Ever since Sam was a puppy, he rarely left his owner's side. When owner Teddy Crockarell lost his battle with cancer last Monday, his wife Marcene believes Sam must have sensed something was wrong. The dog, who wears an electric fence collar, ran away from the couple's home on Kimbrough Road. Two and a half days later, after searching for Sam, the family arrived at a church on Trenton Road, over six miles from their home, for Teddy's funeral and discovered Sam was waiting for them. Marcene Crockarell said, "He was just shivering and sitting there by the doors. We just lost it and all we were doing was hollering, 'Sam! Sam!' and here he comes and he was just all over all three of us." There is no way to know what prompted Sam, who had never left home on foot, to run away and end up at a church he'd never seen, but is family has a theory. "If he walked those six miles he was looking for his papa... but he found him, and that's what's good about this whole situation, he found him and he found his way back here," said Marcene Crockarell's son-in-law Howard. Sam is a two-and-a-half-year-old Dachsund. **This little dog was very brave...what the article doesn't tell you is that he had to walk across two Hwy's to get to the Funeral Home...and across Wilma Roudolph Blvd...which is one of Nashville's busiest streets. In a car on a good day it's a trial...I can't imagine what it was like for a little guy like him...plus run thru an electric fence. He must have really wanted to say goodbye....**
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Absolutely amazing! Pets show remarkable love and courage for their masters, often traveling great distances to find them.
Well he is a brave little guy...traveling over hwy's in Nashville is no small feat...
That's a great story. Very touching!
Wow! That is such an amazing story. It shows how much our furry kids love us.
AJ
That's so true...he wanted to say goodbye badly to run thru a electric fence...you know it had to hurt him...plus walk as far as he did...
Wow! What a wonderful story of love.
Yes it is...he was a brave little dog.
OH MY GOSH>...Chicken skin for daze!!! I about bawled....
I did cry...it touched my heart..
That made me cry, for sure. I still believe that dogs are God's angels sent to Earth (you know, G-O-D, D-O-G: there's a connection). What an amazing story!
I cried thru the whole news story...what a brave little fellow...he showed a powerful love and courage...
These are the kinds of stories that touch the heart and restore/reinforce faith. There are tears in my eyes.
Yes, they sure do. He had guardian angels with him for sure..
Wonderful post — I've got tears, I'm so touched....
I cried thru the whole news story
http://andrewtungsk.blogster.com/write-your-title-here
this story is similar, but of a slightly larger scale.