It may feel like the assistance of a dog might be overkill when it comes down to trauma or
stress related mental illness, but the help provided by canines is often invaluable.
The Australian cattle dog Max did his best to save the life of a lost young girl and
risked his own in order to do so.
His old age and disabilities weren't enough to stop him.
The animal is now being celebrated around Australia for its feet of kindness and courage.
This old man is Max, who is a life saviour.
He put it all on the line, in order to save his little friend - who lost herself in the
woods.
The name of that 3-year-old girl was Aurora.
The girl that got lost in the woods and who max stayed by her side.
Aurora loves to explore the world, but her taste for adventure puts her in dangerous
situations.
One day Aurora and Max were taking a stroll next to the woods.
The little girl felt like she wanted to explore more and unfortunately, she got lost in the
dense forest.
A couple of hours passed by and her family started noticing that she wasn't coming back.
How do you think they reacted to this?
After realizing that Aurora got lost in the woods, the kid's grandma called the police
and asked them to form a search party.
The grandma was scared and she couldn't believe what was happening, but who could blame her
for reacting like this?
Aurora's uncle started gathering people all around the town and formed a big search party.
The uncle said that no one could go home while knowing that Aurora is wandering the woods
all by herself.
Little, did he know Aurora had company?
No one knew this yet, but Aurora was not alone, Max was with her and he was keeping her out
of harm's way.
Nearly 10 hours past, since Aurora went missing.
Police and the little girl's family had scoured the landscape near the house, but came up
empty.
The reason why everyone was so worried about Aurora's wellbeing was that the forest was
filled with all types of animals and not all of them were friendly.
Seeing how Aurora was nowhere to be found.
Craig Berry, who is a local police chief in gathered everyone in the town and started
searching the forest.
Fortunately, this is when someone spotted Max running around.
No one could believe this, but max came to the search party.
Aurora was not with him and people got scared because they were afraid of what might have
happened to her.
However, this is when Max started barking and trying to get people to follow him.
Where do you think max was leading everyone?
16 hours passed since Aurora went missing and this is why everyone instantly started
rushing after Max, when they first spotted him.
Max led everyone to the place where Aurora was hiding, the little girl's relatives couldn't
believe their eyes, but they were happy that Aurora was safe.
Can you imagine how difficult it must have been for the little girl to stay in the woods
for 16 hours straight.
Aurora had some minor injuries, but was healthy.
Max was tired, but also unharmed.
Aurora's story is so incredible that all local news stations started reporting on it.
Everyone was glad to see that the little girl was safe and sound, especially since the woods
are so dangerous at night-time.
Max was the one who kept Aurora safe during the 16 hours in which she was lost in the
forest.
The little girl smelled of a dog, which shows us that Max stayed close and kept her warm
during the night.
Isn't he amazing?
Everyone was proud of Max, for the way he made sure that Aurora was safe.
Considering that max is half blind and half deaf, this makes his story even more incredible
than it already is.
Aurora was safe and her grandma was super happy about it.
In fact, the grandma says that she will feed Max's delicious treats every day because his
heroic actions showed that he deserves it.
If there's something everybody knows about max by now, then it must be that he is a life
saviour.
Dogs are loyal and Max's story shows why they are called a man's best friend.
Let's hope Aurora learns her lesson and doesn't wander off in the forest by herself ever again.
This time she got lucky because she had max to take care of her and to bring the search
party to her location.
You will be amazed to see how the police reward max for his heroic actions.
The local police acknowledged that max is a hero and that if he wasn't around Aurora
might still be lost in the woods.
Therefore, the police decided to make max an honorary member of the force.
I think we all agree that Max should be proud to have earned the title of honorary police
officer.
Sadly, he is too old to become an official canine unit, but we can be sure that he would've
made for a great police dog.
Who would've believed that an old dog, such as max can be a superhero?
Nonetheless, all that matters is that Aurora is safe and that max will get delicious treats
every day.