Dog credited with saving owner's life

MOUNTAIN ROAD AND IS PINNED IN HIS CAR FOR 14 HOURS. HE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO FREEZE TO DE...  More »

MOUNTAIN ROAD AND IS PINNED IN HIS CAR FOR 14 HOURS. HE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO FREEZE TO DEATH... BUT HE DIDN'T -- ALL BECAUSE OF HIS DOG. 'BABY' THE GREAT DANE KEPT THE MAN WARM THROUGH THE NIGHT... AND EVEN MANAGED TO FIND HELP. AND THANKS TO 'BABY' -- ELWOOD CARDON LIVED TO TELL US HIS STORY. SHE RUNS.... SHE SLEEPS.... AND SHE GIVES RIDES TO WILLING KIDS. BUT THIS 6 YEAR OLD GREAT DANE NAMED 'BABY' -- ISN'T YOUR ORDINARY DOG. SHE'S A HERO -- JUST ASK HER OWNER ELWOOD CARDON. 'wouldn't have made it.' WOULDN'T HAVE MADE IT CARDON SAYS... WITHOUT HIS TRUSTY BEST FRIEND. EARLIER THIS MONTH... CARDON DROVE HIS S-U-V OFF A MOUNTAIN ROAD NEAR JEMEZ SPRINGS, DOWN A STEEP, SNOWY HILLSIDE. 'they had detour signs and every damn thing and I got disoriented.'THE CAR FLIPPED OVER... TRAPPING CARDON INSIDE ALL NIGHT LONG... FOR ABOUT 14 HOURS. BUT BABY WAS ABLE TO GET OUT... AND LOOK FOR HELP. AFTER A WHILE... SHE RETURNED TO THE S-U-V... CURLED UP NEXT TO HER OWNER... AND KEPT HIM WARM. THE ENTIRE TIME CARDON PRAYED TO GOD ... NOT TO SAVE HIM ... BUT TO LET HIM DIE. 'I asked the lord to take me but he looked at the bills I still had and I guess he wouldn't do it ' CARDON CAN LAUGH NOW... BECAUSE BABY WENT BACK OUT LOOKING FOR HELP ONCE THE SUN CAME UP... AND SHE FOUND IT WITH A NEARBY HOMEOWNER. AS SOON AS BABY CAUGHT THE WOMAN'S ATTENTION... EVERYTHING FELL INTO PLACE. 'I was watching her and that's when i saw the vehicle down there, it was in a really steep place, just so steep.'DIANE SELLERS MADE SURE THE MAN WAS O-K... THEN SHE TOLD HIM HOW HIS DOG SAVED HIS LIFE. 'if it hadn't been for baby i wouldn't have found you.'AS FOR CARDON... HE HAS A BROKEN VERTABRAE AND A BRUISED LEG. BUT OTHERWISE HE'S FINE. HIS FAMILY, HOWEVER, WAS SHAKEN UP TO SAY THE LEAST. 'it was pretty tense when we didn't know where he was for so many hours, it was pretty scary we figured when we found him he would not be alive anymore.' CARDON WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TERMINAL COLON CANCER FIVE YEARS AGO AND WAS STAYING WITH HIS DAUGHTER IN ALBUQUERQUE. HE HAD SNUCK OUT OF HER HOUSE THE NIGHT OF THE ACCIDENT... TO GO  « Less