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ARTICLE VIEW:
A heroic pit bull helps rescue his owners with the aid of a Pittsburgh
man willing to follow
By Lily Hautau, CNN
Updated:
8:00 AM EDT, Sat August 9, 2025
Source: CNN
Gary Thynes was taking his dog out to play in the park last week in
Pittsburgh when he noticed a “beautiful pit bull” walking alone
with his leash dragging behind him.
Concerned the dog might get hit by a passing car, Thynes tried to get
close enough to catch him in hopes that he had a microchip, .
But the pit bull — a breed sometimes as made to and as — stayed
just out of arm’s reach. He would bark and run a few steps ahead
before turning back, the post said.
That’s when Thynes realized:
“This dog wanted me to follow him.”
So, Thynes did just that.
A young woman driving by stopped and tried to help Thynes catch the
dog, the post said.
“I could get almost close enough to grab the leash and he would run a
little farther,” Thynes said, describing how the dog began to lead
him down a secluded path behind train tracks to a tent encampment.
There he found an unresponsive man lying on a red couch, Thynes said in
his Facebook post.
“I couldn’t even tell if he was breathing or not. And then I turned
around and noticed a pair of legs sticking out of a tent, and I tried
to shake them, and it was a woman who would not respond to me,”
Thynes told .
He immediately called 911.
Emergency personnel soon took both to the hospital, Thynes said in his
post.
An unresponsive man and woman were taken to the hospital on July 29,
Pittsburgh Public Safety confirmed to CNN, praising the “Good
Samaritan” and its partners who helped at the scene.
The woman as it turns out knew the two people and recognized the dog.
She told Thynes she would check on the pair at the hospital the next
day.
When the ambulance was gone, Thynes turned his attention back to the
dog.
Soon, animal control arrived and said they would have to take the pit
bull to a shelter far outside the city.
But Thynes worried the owners wouldn’t be able to get him back, he
wrote on Facebook.
So, he offered to take care of the dog while the owners received care.
Thynes – who is “16 months sober from heroin addiction,” he told
WTAE — understands how deep the bond can be between a person and
their dog, especially during difficult times, he wrote in his post.
“It is an honor for me to take care of this guy until his humans are
well enough to reunite with a dog that loves them very much.”
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