Mel Seitz of Coconut Creek e-mailed us with a story about his two-year-old Shiba Inu named Chi.

Hope you don’t mind a little bragging about my dog....She is a very well behaved dog and almost never barks. Occasionally she will bark when a cat comes around or other dogs walk by however this is very rare.

This morning at 5 a.m. she started barking and woke me up. I thought that perhaps she was barking at the paper delivery person, however she kept on barking and with a different type of bark than I had ever heard. I got up to investigate and when I went into the front room where she was, I thought I heard someone crying out. Not being sure, (I hate to admit it but I am a little hard of hearing.) I called my wife and she also heard the cries.

I got dressed and took Chi outside and she led me down the street to a neighbor who was out on the porch crying for help. Turns out one of our neighbors had a reaction to some medicine. He lives alone and tried to go next door for help only to find that person gone. He was on the porch
having some kind of attack and could not move. I was able to call 911 and get help.

Thank God our neighbor is now in the hospital and should have a full recovery.

I now say that Chi is a hero.

Chi was treated to a dinner of steak and corned beef hash.