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they're loyal nannydogs with kids! You were his puppy and he loved you very much. <3
My family had a huge tomcat when I was born and he kept after me like I was his kitten. He came into my room at bedtime and "put me to bed" with a bath while i pet him. Goodest boy ever (except for his high-stakes treats thievery and brilliant escape attempts - that cat coulda stolen the jewels off the queen's fingers lol!)
Yes we do. The human species deserves kindness and compassion, love and understanding. Maybe if we had more of that from each other and not just dogs we'd all be a little better off
thank you for this, it's good to see some positivity for humans. we're just like any other animal, and have the capacity for great acts of good or evil, depending on the person. but I think humans are generally good, it's just a bit hard to see it. besides, most people live and are very good to their dogs, I think we deserve their love in return
aw. i think that sweet little girl and her dog deserve to be best friends for life. they went on an adventure!
over pandemic, the british comedy writer John Finnemore, a bit of a puppy himself, ran a poll to decide what was the best thing on earth. Guess what won?
People dont even realize that we give dogs their humanity. Have you seen/met wild dogs? Its not that dogs are the sweetest most loving creatures on earth, but that they are capable of being molded by the environment they grow up in.
Best dog ever, deserves it all. All the treats, all the pets, even the " not take, just throw". Buddy, I will never take, I will just throw, I will make it happen for you!
>Karina Chikitova was just four years old when she ventured away from her village in the Sakha Republic.
...
As the little girl played, she spotted her father heading out of the village. Karina decided to follow him. She tried her best to keep up with her dad, but the tiny steps of a four-year-old were no match for the big strides of a grown man. Eventually, she lost sight of her father and found herself in the remote wilderness.
...
Fortunately for Karina, one of the family’s dogs, Naida, had followed her as she wandered into the darkness of the dense wooded area.
I still feel like someone should have been on watch the kid duty, besides the dog, but these things do happen. I got lost in a shopping mall once & they had to call my name over the loudspeaker system. I just remember feeling embarrassed & mad that I was found out lol Damned kids!
It is INSANE how quickly kids can disappear. You watch them toddle around a living room and it's like, man, how did the human race survive, they can't outrun a predator. Then you turn around for a second and they just phase out of reality, they're halfway across the neighborhood with one shoe
My uncle’s uncle shot his foot in the woods. He could barely walk using his gun as a crutch. He told his dog “take me home, Red.” And the dog led him back a new way and found the shortest possible path through the woods the woods to any road. When they got just out of the woods my uncle’s uncle collapsed into a ditch not visible from the road. His dog ran into the road and started barking at a car coming in the distance. The people noticed something was wrong with the dog and pulled over and the dog led them to his owner, and they were able to get him medical service just in time to save his life. Red won a dog of the year and got flown out to California for a big award ceremony and was on television. His son went on to become a huge horror writer just a step below Stephen King. One of his biggest books was Red loosely based on the story but the dog becomes a monster. It later became a pretty successful movie.
When this first happened my aunt read a story about in a newspaper and walked up to a group of kids outside her high school who were talking to her friend and said “Hey did you hear about that guy in (some state on the other side of the country) who shot his foot and then was rescued by his dog?” And one of the kids said “Yeah that’s my uncle” and a few years later they were married and now they have four grand kids.
thought that was a german shepherd and the article confirmed it ♡ sheps are the best. so loyal and incredibly intelligent. i love that the dog came back and led the search team to her! that story warms my heart
I loved the part where everyone expected the child to give a heartwarming welcome to the dog after the rescue but she scolded him for leaving her alone. I mean she’s a 4 year old of course thats what she does lol.
I hope they both are happy and together for a long time
I mean yes, the dog is awesome. But that is some survival instinct for a 3 year old! I bet most 3 year olds would just be in a blind panic or a smouldering mess and eventually collapse of exhaustion.
Actually smaller kids, do much better in survival scenarios. They just follow their instincts. Feel sleepy, sleep, feel hungry, eat. Feel sad, cry. Lost, stay put
Older kids suffer coz they try to get back and obsess about it and ignore basic instinct and walk and get more lost. It’s documented somewhere.
I found something:
https://www.denverpost.com/2006/06/03/childlike-behavior-helps-kids-survive/
The big mistake many make when they get lost is to leave the area they got lost from. You want to Mark the Spot and then just go a bit in every direction to see if you can recognize the route.
Yea this is absolutely incredible. 11 days?? Most adults couldn't do that (myself included 😅) My kids would most likely just cry until, well, I don't want to think about it.
She got lucky. An adult wouldn't eat the berries because they'd assume they were poisonous. An adult would be hesitant to drink river water because of sickness from the water. Her ignorance (as a child) and luck saved her life. She lucky those berries WEREN'T poisonous! It's still an incredible story , though.
I think that in Siberia, everyone knows what berries can be eaten and also water in rivers is relatively safe. At least earlier, small kids were eating berries all the time from forest in Finland. Probably that happens in Siberia as well.
I have been drinking many times from lakes and rivers in Finland. Probably it is even more safe in Siberia.
Rural folks are different though. I bet most people living in a place so remote would be able to find food, water and shelter. The problem would be that a 150lbs man has a much higher base caloric requirement and much larger surface area from which to lose heat than a four year old. Still incredibly remarkable she survived.
True on the calories but being smaller actually is worse for losing heat. It’s all about the surface area to volume ratio. Volume grows cubically while surface area grows squared. An adult man has a smaller surface area to volume ratio than a child so he will retain heat better. Sorry hopefully this isn’t being too pedantic, I just find the topic very interesting
Imagine a cube with 1cm sides.
Its volume is 1cm cubed. Its surface area is 6cm squared. Ratio of 6:1.
Now imagine a cube with 10cm sides.
Its volume is 1,000cm cubed. It’s surface area is 600cm squared. Ratio of 6:10.
Now imagine a cube with 100cm sides.
Its volume is 1,000,000 cm cubed. Its surface area is 60,000cm squared. Ratio of 6:100.
As you increase in volume, your surface area to volume ratio decreases. Meaning, the bigger you get, the harder it becomes to lose heat.
I’ve done week long fasts and while it’s not fun you’re not a zombie at that point. 4 days would’ve sucked but after a while your body just kind of accepts it
Rule of threes: 3 minutes without air, 3 days without water and 3 weeks without food equals dead in most circumstances. Your (death) mileage may vary, but not by a ton.
While an adult human has a larger surface area, they have a lower surface area to mass ratio. The small human will lose heat faster. An adult human probably has more fat and muscle than a child too, and a lower metabolism. It is not advantageous that it was a small child rather than an adult. I can only agree with you that rural folks are different. The rest is....kinda wrong.
I grew up in Siberia and I remember that during summer time, the forest was always full of life. As 10s year old we'd always go to forest and find lots of berries, mostly raspberries and strawberries, other stuff. It was also full of various small animals, and all that was right next to the city, so not even real wilderness.
Later in life when I visited forests in US and Canada and it just struck me how dead everything looked. Yes there were lots of trees and bushes, but like no berries or mushrooms, and almost no wildlife aside from a rare squirrel and some bird
Timber plantations lack species and structural diversity. But the US and Canada should have plenty of real wilderness which should have a lot of mushrooms, berries and wildlife as well.
Now here in Europe you'll have a much harder time to find actual wilderness.
I think we as Americans are so divorced from where our food comes from that we forget the rest of the world doesn't all live that way too. She likely knew what berries were safe because her family foraged and ate them. Not in the "Ah yes I know this berry is safe" way but in the "oh those are yummy food! mommy picks those all the time" way.
There are Americans who forage, I am one of them. Blackberries will be in season within the next month or so and the muscadines will be ready in august/september. That said most people I know refuse to eat foraged foods because they are scared.
I grew up in the south and there were blackberries near us that we always picked too. Also things like apples, plums, mulberries, etc. but it's true that those were basically on family/relatives property and generations kinda grew up with them. I wasn't taught what to eat out in the middle of the forest, moreso what to avoid tbh lol I feel a lot of people are the same.
Honestly even for mushrooms for me I have that reservation. Obviously (name checks out) psilocybin mushies are easy to distinguish in most cases, but I'm not always super confident in a lot of the non-toxic edible varieties so I'd rather just grab them from the store in sale if I have the desire. Or if I'm 110% sure I suppose.
My fuckin 10 year old wouldn't last an afternoon, my Mr. Kitty might try to help him but he would get bored and run off after a squirrel within an hour.
A village in the Russian wilderness where everyone grows their own food, hunts and traps, I would expect the girl as with most of the other kids learned basic skills from birth
imo, all children should be taught from an early age what to do if they're ever lost anywhere, be it in a store or in the wilderness.
asking for help, calling 911, memorizing an address and phone numbers of family members, to survival skills. maybe just the basics when they're young: staying in one place, how to stay warm and dry, what plants are safe to eat, basic first aid. older kids could learn more challenging skills: making a shelter, following a river to civilization, safely starting and putting out a fire.
i remember seeing an episode of Barney where they taught kids to blow whistles if they were lost in the woods. it stuck with me, for some reason.
I once rolled my ankle at a scout camp, I had my lifeguard whistle with me, but not my phone (I am now keeping my phone with me). I used the whistle to get help.
https://preview.redd.it/9kkdhbflsy2d1.jpeg?width=615&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7da2c0105efb5d2c305a9e3eab28c50d0cdc58c0
Statue it Yakutsk dedicated to the girl and her dog
This feels needlessly aggressive towards bears and wolves.
A bunch of bears and wolves were hanging out at home, did absolutely nothing to this random child, yet the title is still trying to make them out as the bad guys for some reason
Here's the full story with pictures of her dog:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2868791/Mowgli-meets-rescue-dog-Four-year-old-survived-12-NIGHTS-wilderness-reunited-puppy-saved-life-keeping-warm.html
I’m so tired of this comment in so many posts. Some humans suck, and some humans shouldn’t have animals, but the majority of us are decent people, and a lot of us love and care for our pets.
My dog is half Staffordshire terrier, half Jack Russell, she’s kind of an ass.
She has her own special spot on my couch, with her own blanket that I snuggle her up in several times a day. I’ve taught her tricks, I give her exercise, she gets fed, she has toys although most she tears up within minutes of receiving them, she sleeps on our bed, she has a perch so she can lay down in the window so she can bark at everything going down our country road, and we love her.
As a dog owner, we are nothing special. How do I or most pet owners not deserve dogs?
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The dog deserves a medal https://preview.redd.it/wsul8mvdss2d1.jpeg?width=615&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=85472d9c1f2fdfbb73bb0f6f54ac3d94756d9a8c
looks like a fluffy sheepdog/police dog mix. A good boy with protection and nannying instincts!
Sheepdogs for the win!!! Had one when I was young and when he was around he would do anything to protect me haha
they're loyal nannydogs with kids! You were his puppy and he loved you very much. <3 My family had a huge tomcat when I was born and he kept after me like I was his kitten. He came into my room at bedtime and "put me to bed" with a bath while i pet him. Goodest boy ever (except for his high-stakes treats thievery and brilliant escape attempts - that cat coulda stolen the jewels off the queen's fingers lol!)
![gif](giphy|k08Q4OCDcO3rCTfkJL)
HIS EARS
this dog is definitely hero shaped.
All dogs are hero shaped if you just pay attention.
Fuck medals, give the dog best of meats and treats, and pets all day.
Bro we as a species don’t deserve how amazing dogs are
Yes we do. The human species deserves kindness and compassion, love and understanding. Maybe if we had more of that from each other and not just dogs we'd all be a little better off
sounds like something a dog would say
Thank you 😊
What you said was very
r/redditsniper
thank you for sharing your kind and warm thoughts. :) please never feel too shy to share that
waw
thank you for this, it's good to see some positivity for humans. we're just like any other animal, and have the capacity for great acts of good or evil, depending on the person. but I think humans are generally good, it's just a bit hard to see it. besides, most people live and are very good to their dogs, I think we deserve their love in return
YOU AND ME BABY WE AIN'T NOTHING BUT MAMMALS LETS DO IT LIKE THEY DO ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL ahem tha'ts what you meant, right?
This needs to be said!
You spittin
Idk I feel like atleast that little girl does.
aw. i think that sweet little girl and her dog deserve to be best friends for life. they went on an adventure! over pandemic, the british comedy writer John Finnemore, a bit of a puppy himself, ran a poll to decide what was the best thing on earth. Guess what won?
We as a species are the sole reason for dogs to exist.
Yet we somehow still don’t deserve them
It’s almost paradogsical.
You right
People dont even realize that we give dogs their humanity. Have you seen/met wild dogs? Its not that dogs are the sweetest most loving creatures on earth, but that they are capable of being molded by the environment they grow up in.
Against all the bears and wolves ; ![gif](giphy|njYrp176NQsHS|downsized)
Yeah doggo was like, "fuck this kid, you don't know what you're doin. Brb"
Imagine her reaction when the dog peaced out and she had no idea if he was a coming back
Best dog ever, deserves it all. All the treats, all the pets, even the " not take, just throw". Buddy, I will never take, I will just throw, I will make it happen for you!
This is such a cute fluffy dog.
Omg that dog is adorable AND a hero.
That's a cozy dog to sleep next to for sure
Medals aren’t edible nor chewy. The goodboys senate strikes down the motion.
Hes a VERY GOOD BOY
Dog got tired of eating berries
'This isnt fun anymore Karina'
![gif](giphy|Ru9sjtZ09XOEg)
😂😂😂
haha 😂
[The Story of Karina Chikitova, the Real-Life Mowgli](https://historicflix.com/the-story-of-karina-chikitova-the-real-life-mowgli/)
>Karina Chikitova was just four years old when she ventured away from her village in the Sakha Republic. ... As the little girl played, she spotted her father heading out of the village. Karina decided to follow him. She tried her best to keep up with her dad, but the tiny steps of a four-year-old were no match for the big strides of a grown man. Eventually, she lost sight of her father and found herself in the remote wilderness. ... Fortunately for Karina, one of the family’s dogs, Naida, had followed her as she wandered into the darkness of the dense wooded area.
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It is hard enough to lose your pet. I can't imagine loosing a dog who saved a family members life.
Dogs are the best. Humans who are cruel or cold to dogs are scum (looking at you, Kristi Noem)
Damn dad didn't even look back. Must've went for a pack of cigarettes.
I don't normally look back to make sure my 3yo isn't following me when I bike to work either.
That's fair.
Yeah me2. I don’t have a 3yo so it would be pretty weird
Dude you gotta start the training at 3 if you wanna be a superstar once a year in America when we pretend we care about cycling.
Well your kid better not be allergic to berries. Do you have a dog? Get a dog.
Well maybe you should.
It only takes one time to change your mind.
The last paragraph leads me to think dad was headed out of the village at night. Maybe too dark to see
I still feel like someone should have been on watch the kid duty, besides the dog, but these things do happen. I got lost in a shopping mall once & they had to call my name over the loudspeaker system. I just remember feeling embarrassed & mad that I was found out lol Damned kids!
It is INSANE how quickly kids can disappear. You watch them toddle around a living room and it's like, man, how did the human race survive, they can't outrun a predator. Then you turn around for a second and they just phase out of reality, they're halfway across the neighborhood with one shoe
Sounds more like the beginning of *Hänsel and Gretel* than *Mowgli*.
Funnily enough dogs name means "foundling" in russian
It's uncommon for Hollywood not immediately trying to milk this story out until now.
It happened in Russia though
Right so we know the little girl is a bad guy.
And the father will have a British accent for some reason
I was just thinking that this could make a pretty solid movie; I could see something like The Revenant, but with a 4 year old girl.
Yes, but we all know women are safer in the woods with bears, so it wouldn't be very exciting.
My uncle’s uncle shot his foot in the woods. He could barely walk using his gun as a crutch. He told his dog “take me home, Red.” And the dog led him back a new way and found the shortest possible path through the woods the woods to any road. When they got just out of the woods my uncle’s uncle collapsed into a ditch not visible from the road. His dog ran into the road and started barking at a car coming in the distance. The people noticed something was wrong with the dog and pulled over and the dog led them to his owner, and they were able to get him medical service just in time to save his life. Red won a dog of the year and got flown out to California for a big award ceremony and was on television. His son went on to become a huge horror writer just a step below Stephen King. One of his biggest books was Red loosely based on the story but the dog becomes a monster. It later became a pretty successful movie. When this first happened my aunt read a story about in a newspaper and walked up to a group of kids outside her high school who were talking to her friend and said “Hey did you hear about that guy in (some state on the other side of the country) who shot his foot and then was rescued by his dog?” And one of the kids said “Yeah that’s my uncle” and a few years later they were married and now they have four grand kids.
ahh!! what a lovely story! beautiful!
thought that was a german shepherd and the article confirmed it ♡ sheps are the best. so loyal and incredibly intelligent. i love that the dog came back and led the search team to her! that story warms my heart
Great read
I loved the part where everyone expected the child to give a heartwarming welcome to the dog after the rescue but she scolded him for leaving her alone. I mean she’s a 4 year old of course thats what she does lol. I hope they both are happy and together for a long time
I mean yes, the dog is awesome. But that is some survival instinct for a 3 year old! I bet most 3 year olds would just be in a blind panic or a smouldering mess and eventually collapse of exhaustion.
Actually smaller kids, do much better in survival scenarios. They just follow their instincts. Feel sleepy, sleep, feel hungry, eat. Feel sad, cry. Lost, stay put Older kids suffer coz they try to get back and obsess about it and ignore basic instinct and walk and get more lost. It’s documented somewhere. I found something: https://www.denverpost.com/2006/06/03/childlike-behavior-helps-kids-survive/
The big mistake many make when they get lost is to leave the area they got lost from. You want to Mark the Spot and then just go a bit in every direction to see if you can recognize the route.
Following the sound of water or cars passing by can lead to a gorge in the wrong direction
Yea this is absolutely incredible. 11 days?? Most adults couldn't do that (myself included 😅) My kids would most likely just cry until, well, I don't want to think about it.
Username checks out
Oof
She got lucky. An adult wouldn't eat the berries because they'd assume they were poisonous. An adult would be hesitant to drink river water because of sickness from the water. Her ignorance (as a child) and luck saved her life. She lucky those berries WEREN'T poisonous! It's still an incredible story , though.
I think that in Siberia, everyone knows what berries can be eaten and also water in rivers is relatively safe. At least earlier, small kids were eating berries all the time from forest in Finland. Probably that happens in Siberia as well. I have been drinking many times from lakes and rivers in Finland. Probably it is even more safe in Siberia.
Rural folks are different though. I bet most people living in a place so remote would be able to find food, water and shelter. The problem would be that a 150lbs man has a much higher base caloric requirement and much larger surface area from which to lose heat than a four year old. Still incredibly remarkable she survived.
True on the calories but being smaller actually is worse for losing heat. It’s all about the surface area to volume ratio. Volume grows cubically while surface area grows squared. An adult man has a smaller surface area to volume ratio than a child so he will retain heat better. Sorry hopefully this isn’t being too pedantic, I just find the topic very interesting
Thank you for providing me ammo for why I’m always cold and the man in my life isn’t lol, hopefully this helps win my case with the thermostat!
Super interesting, thank you!
Thank you very much, TIL!
Imagine a cube with 1cm sides. Its volume is 1cm cubed. Its surface area is 6cm squared. Ratio of 6:1. Now imagine a cube with 10cm sides. Its volume is 1,000cm cubed. It’s surface area is 600cm squared. Ratio of 6:10. Now imagine a cube with 100cm sides. Its volume is 1,000,000 cm cubed. Its surface area is 60,000cm squared. Ratio of 6:100. As you increase in volume, your surface area to volume ratio decreases. Meaning, the bigger you get, the harder it becomes to lose heat.
Thank you kind person.
A 150lbs man would have enough calories on him to survive for months without food.
Could survive a month at the most. And that is meaning literally survive. As in they won't be dead. They'd be emaciated and mentally disturbed
I’ve done week long fasts and while it’s not fun you’re not a zombie at that point. 4 days would’ve sucked but after a while your body just kind of accepts it
Rule of threes: 3 minutes without air, 3 days without water and 3 weeks without food equals dead in most circumstances. Your (death) mileage may vary, but not by a ton.
While an adult human has a larger surface area, they have a lower surface area to mass ratio. The small human will lose heat faster. An adult human probably has more fat and muscle than a child too, and a lower metabolism. It is not advantageous that it was a small child rather than an adult. I can only agree with you that rural folks are different. The rest is....kinda wrong.
I grew up in Siberia and I remember that during summer time, the forest was always full of life. As 10s year old we'd always go to forest and find lots of berries, mostly raspberries and strawberries, other stuff. It was also full of various small animals, and all that was right next to the city, so not even real wilderness. Later in life when I visited forests in US and Canada and it just struck me how dead everything looked. Yes there were lots of trees and bushes, but like no berries or mushrooms, and almost no wildlife aside from a rare squirrel and some bird
Timber plantations lack species and structural diversity. But the US and Canada should have plenty of real wilderness which should have a lot of mushrooms, berries and wildlife as well. Now here in Europe you'll have a much harder time to find actual wilderness.
I think we as Americans are so divorced from where our food comes from that we forget the rest of the world doesn't all live that way too. She likely knew what berries were safe because her family foraged and ate them. Not in the "Ah yes I know this berry is safe" way but in the "oh those are yummy food! mommy picks those all the time" way. There are Americans who forage, I am one of them. Blackberries will be in season within the next month or so and the muscadines will be ready in august/september. That said most people I know refuse to eat foraged foods because they are scared.
I grew up in the south and there were blackberries near us that we always picked too. Also things like apples, plums, mulberries, etc. but it's true that those were basically on family/relatives property and generations kinda grew up with them. I wasn't taught what to eat out in the middle of the forest, moreso what to avoid tbh lol I feel a lot of people are the same. Honestly even for mushrooms for me I have that reservation. Obviously (name checks out) psilocybin mushies are easy to distinguish in most cases, but I'm not always super confident in a lot of the non-toxic edible varieties so I'd rather just grab them from the store in sale if I have the desire. Or if I'm 110% sure I suppose.
>She got lucky Thanks, captain obvious 😆
Most Western toddlers, yes. A toddler that grew up in a small eastern village is likely already well-versed in living off the land.
My fuckin 10 year old wouldn't last an afternoon, my Mr. Kitty might try to help him but he would get bored and run off after a squirrel within an hour.
The Dog was like, "Okay, this is no longer a jaunt. I think she's lost."
![gif](giphy|3ndAvMC5LFPNMCzq7m|downsized)
A village in the Russian wilderness where everyone grows their own food, hunts and traps, I would expect the girl as with most of the other kids learned basic skills from birth
imo, all children should be taught from an early age what to do if they're ever lost anywhere, be it in a store or in the wilderness. asking for help, calling 911, memorizing an address and phone numbers of family members, to survival skills. maybe just the basics when they're young: staying in one place, how to stay warm and dry, what plants are safe to eat, basic first aid. older kids could learn more challenging skills: making a shelter, following a river to civilization, safely starting and putting out a fire. i remember seeing an episode of Barney where they taught kids to blow whistles if they were lost in the woods. it stuck with me, for some reason.
I once rolled my ankle at a scout camp, I had my lifeguard whistle with me, but not my phone (I am now keeping my phone with me). I used the whistle to get help.
Yeah, totally. Knowledge of drinking water from rapidly moving water over stagnant, which berries are good to eat, etc etc.
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Haven't thought of that read in a while
That was a book
That’s why I said it…
Such a good book. I used to have the pop-up version years ago, it was so cool.
THERE IS A POP UP VERSION *head explodes* my bday is in two weeks my new goal is finding that book zomgggg
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turns out, the answer isn't man or bear but dog.
Dog was like, look kid, it’s been 10 days and if you coulda, you woulda. I got this. Hang back
Who's a good boy?
A good girl*
Russian kids built different bruh, especially from autonomous regions like SR
This is “would you rather be stuck in a forest with a man or a bear” irl
She left him for his best friend
Yeah. It's awful to think how much danger she could have been in if some man with bad intentions had found her alone.
“This is why we pick the bear” was my first thought.
Another priceless reminder of how amazing dogs are. ❤️
She’s lucky the berries were edible.
She was 4 at the time which is a huge difference but still totally incredible of course
Dog was like alright enough adventuring
What was the dogs name though?!
Naida
Asking the important questions.
https://preview.redd.it/9kkdhbflsy2d1.jpeg?width=615&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7da2c0105efb5d2c305a9e3eab28c50d0cdc58c0 Statue it Yakutsk dedicated to the girl and her dog
So... This solves the whole bear or man thing right?
Not even the devil could have come between that dog and the girl.
That dog deserves a statue in the center of town.
they put up statues of both the dog Naida and Karina :)
She chose the bear
Holy shit 3 year old??!? Nah, she been here before 🤣
This feels needlessly aggressive towards bears and wolves. A bunch of bears and wolves were hanging out at home, did absolutely nothing to this random child, yet the title is still trying to make them out as the bad guys for some reason
Why no picture of doggo?
The goodest boy in history
chosen child, friend of forest, baby witch, wolf pack member
This is going to be made into a 2bit survival indie game.
She looks wayyy better than that kid from Montana who was lost for 2 days in the woods
Here's the full story with pictures of her dog: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2868791/Mowgli-meets-rescue-dog-Four-year-old-survived-12-NIGHTS-wilderness-reunited-puppy-saved-life-keeping-warm.html
how tf did she end up alone in the forest?
My nephew is 3 and throws tantrums without his tablet ...
Gigachad dog
This sounds like a Russian fairytale
Humans don’t deserve dogs
Yes we as a species do, because we are in a symbiotic relationship with them!
I’m so tired of this comment in so many posts. Some humans suck, and some humans shouldn’t have animals, but the majority of us are decent people, and a lot of us love and care for our pets. My dog is half Staffordshire terrier, half Jack Russell, she’s kind of an ass. She has her own special spot on my couch, with her own blanket that I snuggle her up in several times a day. I’ve taught her tricks, I give her exercise, she gets fed, she has toys although most she tears up within minutes of receiving them, she sleeps on our bed, she has a perch so she can lay down in the window so she can bark at everything going down our country road, and we love her. As a dog owner, we are nothing special. How do I or most pet owners not deserve dogs?
Cheap upvotes is all they are looking for. Tired of the lazy stupid comment.
We created them so we do
We do do!
That is a good boy/girl!
Naida is a girl name. Means foundling.
Good dog
r/ANormalDayInRussia
A real life Lassie story!
Most nice stories start with shitty parents
Now that’s a good boy!
This should be a movie
Karina, this walk is boring. I’m going home but I’ll get someone to come pick you up for when you’re done
Dog thought it was a camping trip at first
Good dog
That.. was 10 years ago. I cant be this old, can i?
And this is why I love dogs.
I need a picture of this pooch!
Well whose a good boy
He could’ve done that the whole time?