Touching Story of a Dog Who Crawled His Way Home After Tornadoes

Smithfield, Alabama

If a tornado picked you up, threw you across the sky, and set you down in an unfamiliar place far away from home, and you broke two legs in the process, could you find your way back? That's exactly the incredible story of Mason, a terrier mix in Alabama.

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• crawls home
• broken legs
• tornado
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[likeastarbaby]

okay, i dont give two shits if their house was a bit knocked about after a tornado, i would never, EVER give my dog away just because she was injured and needed additional care. it wouldnt matter if my house was obliterated or i lost all my possesions, id still love her. especially after the poor thing crawled home! thats just a family who didnt love their dog, im sorry but this is a fact, this story isnt touching, its heartbreaking.

[chicodkid]

If that dog went thru all that to get back to me. He would be with me always !! Even if we had to camp out in the yard while getting my house rebuilt. The fact that the shelter has him bothers me.

[ivychiew263]

I was in tears by the time I finished watching the video.

Imagine the agonising pain it was in during the entire time it made its way back home! But its love for its owners was what that had made it persevered. To go HOME.

[NickiLovesyouu]

@bentleyr00d no they didnt. Dogs are like children! Thats like giving your kid away! They could have taken him to the vet, simple as that! My mother has 3 kids! Shes single, and we have this big ass house with all these electronics in it, "big expensice t.v we have to pay, hig ass bills, everything" and my mom has NO job rigt now, and its been this way for a while. But she STILL manages to get everything we ask for, and get our shih tzu his shots and vet care and etc. So what your saying is Bs.

[bentleyr00d]

@NickiLovesyouu They DID choose their dog. They chose to give their dog the help it badly needed. They also have their little children to think about. How is it better to move a badly injured dog & their young kids into a tent somewhere w/ no electricity, running water, or ongoing vet care than to do what's best for everyone involved...i.e. accept the vet clinic's generous offer of free medical care and *temporary* lodging while the dog heals AND the family gets back on its feet???

[NickiLovesyouu]

@bentleyr00d it doesnt matter. I would deff. Choose my dog over my house. Maybe because i had him all my life....but still.

[bentleyr00d]

I can't even count how many times I've read about these people supposedly "giving away" their injured dog. Sorry, but this is simply not true. They only agreed to allow the vet clinic to keep Mason in their kennel (which the clinic offered to do and even recommended) while they were homeless and trying to get their lives back on track. It makes perfect sense, too. Mason did in fact go back to his family as planned, just as soon as that became possible. He was NEVER "given away."

[teamjacobortiz]

Praise God

[fdogg68ahs]

i'll take him, what a horrible family thats one loyal dog!

[YourLittleAmpersand]

Oh wait... they give him away?! I take it back. What assholes. People like that don't deserve a beautiful animal like that.

[YourLittleAmpersand]

When she talks about his fractures, I got really sad. Poor baby. I can't imagine what kind of pain he must have been in. What a great story.

[keilana6]

I was excited to hear about the story and could not believe that the family gave him up after he struggled to get back home. It's a classic story about an animal's loyalty. I have had a pet return home after an unexplained disappearance and it's one of my fondest memories. I hope he's loved, cared for and happy now.