Frantically Barking Pitbull Leads Owners To Basement, Where A Ticking Time Bomb Lurks

Pit bulls in need of rescue face an uphill battle.

Thanks to one-sided reporting by the media, where seemingly every dog attack is blamed on a bully breed, most pit bulls in shelters won’t make it out alive.

There’s no doubt that a pitbull in the wrong hands can be a lethal weapon, and we should be cautious.

But ANY dog that isn’t trained correctly can be a potential threat and furthermore, all breeds that are raised with love and proper care can be great members of society.

“They are really amazing dogs if they are trained well and kept active.”

When Ronene Ando and her adopted a baby pitbull they named Ruby, they knew they’d have to be good owners for Ruby to turn into a good dog. Well, they were. And she did.

Ruby is such a good dog that she has a career as a therapy dog now! She has beautiful manners and has been the perfect pet for the Andos.

“The breed has a bad rap,” the Lakeview, New York woman told WIVB. 

“[But] they are very protective.”

That protective nature proved invaluable for the Andos when Ruby recently alerted them to a serious danger lurking unnoticed in their home.

Well, unnoticed by the Andos…not by Ruby.

Ruby is generally very quiet and well-behaved, but one night she just wouldn’t shut up. She kept pacing and whining and eventually began barking loudly.

That’s when Ronene knew something was seriously wrong.

After Ruby had whined and barked incessantly for over an hour, “…at that point, I knew something was up,” Ando explained.

Ruby had never tried to open any doors or gates but that night she managed to open the gate to the downstairs and was clearly trying to get her owners to go into the basement.

“She got up and went downstairs, she opened up the gate and was standing down there.”

Once Ronene’s husband went down the stairs into the basement, he knew immediately that they were in imminent danger:

They had installed a propane heater in the basement and it was leaking dangerous gas fumes into their home.

Their home was literally minutes away from exploding or filling with deadly carbon monoxide!

He quickly turned off the gas and they opened doors and windows to air out their home.

Did Ruby really save their lives? Did she truly know how close they all were to being in extreme danger?

“Probably, if it weren’t [sic] for Ruby… I can’t say. I don’t know,” she told WIVB.

Whether the carbon monoxide or an explosion would have killed them, they can’t really be sure.

But they are quick to say that they firmly believe Ruby did indeed save their lives.

And they aren’t surprised at all. They always knew she was extremely intelligent!

“Dogs are typically intuitive, I believe that breed is even more so,” Ando explained. 

“I think that was it, hands down.”

Ruby’s owners have a framed pic of Ruby as a baby beside a current photo. It reads:

“When I grow up….I’m gonna be a hero.”

Dreams do come true! Thanks Ruby for being a real doggy hero, and a great ambassador for an unfairly maligned breed! 😀

Source: WIVB