Last week, on a scorching-hot day in Tennessee, Kaye Fiorello was driving down a highway when she saw a highway patrol officer parked just off the road. She didn’t think much of it at the time — but it turned out to be a very good thing to notice.
Continuing on her way, Fiorello then spotted something else that did give her pause.
“About a mile up the road, this little dog’s head popped up on the side of the road,” Fiorello told The Dodo. “She looked like she’d been there for some time.”
Fiorello wanted to get help for the stranded pup — and she knew exactly where to find it.
Thinking back to the officer she’d seen, Fiorello turned her car around and headed back the way she’d come. She pulled up alongside side the officer and told him about the dog — not realizing then, with that exchange, she’d change both of their lives forever.
“He asked where [she was], and took off after her,” Fiorello said. “I followed him, pointing out the area.”
Arriving to the spot, they noticed that the dog appeared to be injured and scared. She was wary of the officer’s approach at first, but he brought her water and food in an attempt to earn her trust. But he didn’t stop there.
After calling for help from animal control, he sat by the pup’s side — holding an umbrella to shield her from the blazing sun.
Fiorello was moved to tears as he witnessed his devotion to the puppy.
The dog appeared to perceive the trooper’s kind nature, Fiorrello said, adding, “He told me, ‘I’m going to wait right here until she trusts me.'” She appeared to sigh contentedly like a dog. And the difference in those doe eyes was night and day. They got along. It was strong. I started to shed joyful tears for that girl.
And it turned out that this bond would last a long time.
Fiorello had to continue on her way before backup arrived, but she later came to learn that the dog was successfully rescued and taken to the vet for treatment. She was suffering from a broken hip — but it wasn’t something she’d have to face alone.
The officer would be by her side for that part, too.
The puppy found a home a week after being discovered wounded and abandoned by the side of the road. The policeman decided to retain her indefinitely.
“Adopted! Today, he got her!” said Fiorello. Princess will return home from the veterinarian in a few, perhaps two weeks.
Princess’s happy ending couldn’t have been more ideal for Fiorello, whose impulse to obtain treatment for the hurt puppy resulted in the pup’s entire world turning for the better.
It seems as though it were meant to be, she said.
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