Firefighters rescued Milo, a 6-year-old sheltie, after finding him unconscious in his owner's Pasadena, CA, home.
A dog rescued from a Pasadena, CA, house fire was reunited this week with the firefighters who saved him from the burning home.
Milo, a 6-year-old Shetland sheepdog, was home alone at his family's Michillinda Avenue property on Sept. 9 when neighbors called 911 to report smoke coming from the home.
The 911 dispatcher heard a dog barking in the background and alerted firefighters that an animal was likely in the home.
Fernando Sr. plays with his dog Milo, a 6-year-old Shetland sheepdog who was found unconscious last week during a house fire at the family's Pasadena home on Monday. Arcadia Fire Department saved the dog using a pet oxygen mask. (Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images) By the time firefighters arrived at the address, Milo had been trapped inside in the smoke for eight minutes and was unconscious. Firefighter Jessica Johnson said she found Milo under a table and carried him outside.
Pasadena Humane Animal Control administered oxygen to him, and after about five minutes, he regained consciousness.
Johnson, who is a dog owner, said the incident made her tear up.
"I shed a little bit of a tear, but, you know, you've got to keep it professional and continue to do my job, which I did. I did my job, and it came out successful, came out rewarding," she told KABC-TV.
Arcadia firefighter paramedic Nick Russell shows the press the pet oxygen mask he and his partner, Brandon Moerke, used on Milo after the dog suffered from smoke inhalation in a house fire. (Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images) The American Humane Society recommends pet owners put a decal on their front window to alert firefighters to the number and kind of animals inside. This can speed up the rescue process in a fire.
Milo's owner, Letitia Gaxiola, praised the quick-thinking firefighters.
"Acting as quickly as they did, risking their lives for somebody else, and trying for it to be the best outcome as possible," she told the outlet. "I'm forever, forever grateful. They're truly heroes."