Tim Curfman was taking out the trash at his home in Alexandria, Minnesota when his 4-year-old black lab, Midnight, started exhibiting some uncharacteristic behaviors.
When Midnight perked up her ears and gazed up at Tim with a concerned expression, he just knew she sensed something was wrong. Midnight alerted him to an area around the back of their house and convinced him to follow her to a spot in the snow.
Mind you, this was during one of the coldest weeks in Minnesota state history. Temperatures dipped below zero that day. Anyone stuck outside in the dangerous cold risked getting hypothermia.
Tim realized Midnight had just made a life-saving discovery: there, lying in the ice and snow, was their 87-year-old neighbor. She had slipped while filling her bird feeder and was too weak to get up.
The elderly woman had been helpless in the bitter cold for at least 30 terrifying minutes.
Time and time again, we see stories about dogs whose instincts save lives. This was no exception, because if Midnight hadn’t pulled Tim towards her, doctors say she could have suffered heart and respiratory failure… and eventually death.
Source : https://www.littlethings.com/dog-saves-woman-polar-vortex/