A heroic boxer dog is fighting for her life after trying to save her owner from a deadly house fire in suburban Cincinnati.
A fire broke out in the basement of Ben Ledford's house. When first-responders arrived they found Ledford lying on the ground with Carmen, his 9-year-old boxer, on top of him attempting to shelter his face from the heat, smoke and flame, WCPO, a CNN affiliate, reported.
"A lot of dogs instinctively know when there's a crisis going on and so a lot of them do go to try to protect their owners, so she very well may have been trying to protect him," Dr. Marlo Anderson told WCPO.
Carmen was brought to Cincinnati's Care Center, a critical care veterinary hospital, where the vets have placed her on a ventilator.
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