This is the moment a heroic schoolboy saved the life of a dog that hanged itself after escaping from a boiling hot car.

The French mastiff was in distress after being left in the vehicle. It smashed one of the windows and when it spotted Bradley North, 13, and his friends he jumped out.

However his lead got caught on something inside the van and he was left hanging.

Bradley rushed over to the dog and saved his life by unclipping his collar. He waited with the dog for 15 minutes before the owner eventually returned.

Bradley said: ‘When I first saw the dog, I thought that the window was partially down but there was glass on the floor and he had his front paws out towards us.

‘Me and my friends waited for five minutes for the owner to come back to the van but the dog ran up and jumped through the window and started to hang himself.

‘I lifted him up slightly so he would stop hanging himself then I managed to unpick the buckle on the lead and managed to save him.

‘I waited for 15 minutes for the owner to come back and she thanked me for saving him then I helped her sweep up the glass.’

Dog lover Bradley, who owns a Staffordshire bull terrier named Keyser, insists that his act of bravery was the least that he would expect from others if his own dog was in peril.

Bradley added: ‘I felt really sorry for the dog when I saw them and I just thought about my own dog and that I would want someone to save him if he was in the same position.

‘I have had loads of really nice messages saying how brave I was since the photos were posted online and my friends have been praising me for what I managed to do.

‘I never expected it to go so far online – my friend just tagged me in a post and it has gone crazy from there.’

Local police and RSPCA did not receive any calls from the public regarding the incident.

Source:
courtesy of METRO

by Richard Hartley

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