Dogs with Instincts - Pt. 2: Peanut Saves a Life

February 10, 2022

Peanut has a sixth sense that was beaten into her.

She was rescued from a situation that led to her broken legs, ribs, and had chosen to eat carpet when she couldn’t find any food.

After months of healing in an animal shelter, a couple took her home and showed her the life she’d deserved to live the whole time. Everything was just right with Peanut’s world until a few months in.

One 32-degree morning at 11:00 am in Michigan, Peanut began barking wildly inside the house. She ran to the windows then to the kitchen to get mom, then out to the garage when mom wouldn’t take the hint.

Peanut’s dad took the hint and let her out. She bolted right away to the nearest ditch and continued barking. Dad followed.

When he came to the ditch, he looked down and immediately called the police. In the ditch lay a naked, 3-year-old girl crumpled into a ball. As it turned out, she’d run away from an abusive home that very morning.

The girl was brought back inside, wrapped in a sweatshirt, where the only word she kept repeating was “doggy.”

It’s unclear whether Peanut saw something suspicious from the window, or whether she just sensed a kindred spirit who was in need of the same help she’d needed months earlier. Either way Peanut is a hero, and the 3-year-old girl is now a healthy 8-year-old.