Peanut is a hero. Peanut is also a formerly abused dog – but that didn’t stop her from saving a human who needed her help.
Peanut was adopted by a family from the Delta Animal Shelter last year. She had been nursed back to health after suffering horrible abuse.
Last week Peanut’s family shared her amazing story with the shelter.
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Peanut saved the life a three-year-old girl. Peanut was acting unusual one morning, barking and running around.
The couple followed her outside into the field behind their home. They found a three-year-old naked and curled up in a ditch. The little girl’s parents were found.
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The authorities have placed the child in protective services when the conditions at her home were found to be unsafe and unsanitary.
Peanut’s mom wrote that Peanut is a part of their family – without Peanut, the little girl may have never been found! Good girl, Peanut!