The story of Fofinho, the hero dog who defended his owner from her husband’s attack and received 4 stab wounds

The city of Coração de Jesus, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, is moved by the history of Fofinho, a bitch who defended her owner from her husband’s attack and received four stab wounds. Fortunately, the animal is already recovered.

The news portal G1 reported that the dog suffered from four stabbed with a knife when he came between the 62-year-old assailant and the 58-year-old victim Last Monday at the family home, where the woman’s grandchildren were also located.

The man allegedly stabbed his 18-year-old grandson in the hand and then attacked the dog with a knife. He fled the house before being arrested the next daysaid the police.

When they arrived at the scene, officers Valmintas Souza and Diego García, assigned to the town’s military police, noticed Fofinho’s injuries and sought help from a local veterinarian on the move.

Souza, who has an adopted dog and three cats, took to social media to see if a vet was available to save Fofinho’s life and took him to a vet clinic 50 miles away, in the town of Monte Carlos.

Caio Santos, the vet who treated him, revealed that Fofinho was stabbed in the abdomen and chest, and that I could have died if the officer had spent more time trying to find a clinic to save him. The vet managed to clean and close the wounds in the abdomen.

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“It’s very common for pets to act this way in extreme situations. It is natural that they try to act in this form of defense, as if they are watchdogs, ”Santos said.

Souza praised Fofinho’s heroic reaction: “The story of this dog moved society because of his protective instinct. In an effort to protect the owner, he found himself seriously injured. “

After the story of the attack went viral, dozens of locals expressed interest in adopting the hero dog on social media.

“This mobilization of society shows that if everyone contributes in their own way, everything can be immensely better. But we have seen how much the dog is attached to its owner and how much she also has a passion for him, so the best place for Fofinho is next to her“.

Fofinho’s is a story with a happy ending.