Rin Tin Tin's Great Grandson???

[MACK C-85]

We all love are four legged campers, and some of us are old enough to remember the exploits of Lassie and Rin Tin Tin. So, I wonder if Buddy might be a relative.......

http://www.dps.state.ak.us/PIO/relea...0to%20fire.wmv

Mack

And......as Paul Harvey would say, "And now the rest of the story":

ANCHORAGE, Alaska --

A dashcam video from the Alaska State Troopers shows a dog leading them through winding back roads to a blazing fire at his owners' property.

The video on the troopers' website shows the German shepherd running to meet the trooper's vehicle, then racing to the house on Caswell Lakes on April 4.

Troopers say Buddy and his owner, 23-year-old Ben Heinrichs, were in the family workshop when a heater ignited chemicals. Heinrichs told Buddy: "We need to get help."

The dog eventually found a trooper responding to a call about the fire.

The State Troopers are presenting a special award Friday to the dog. Buddy will receive an engraved silver-plated dog bowl in Anchorage.

Heinrichs suffered minor flash burns on his face. The workshop was destroyed, but only some window trim on the house was damaged.

[JohnB]

German Shepard’s are really smart dogs. Had an all black one growing up. Pepper was out with me and when the horse drawn cultivator I was tinkering with came down on my head…. I rolled over and saw stars….. Pepper ran to house to get my mother. The dog would not stop barking and pointing to go up the hill.

Well about 12 stitches later I recovered…

That is what can happen when you give a 12 year old tools for Christmas. Us curious types need to take things apart and see how they work….

[Gene]

I saw the video on the network news this morning (NBC). Amazing!