Barking dog saves life of owner with dementia after days in Utah heat

A barking dog saved the life of his owner, who has dementia and had gone missing amid high temperatures in Utah last month.

A barking dog saved the life of his owner, who has dementia and had gone missing amid high temperatures in Utah last month.

According to a July 11 update from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, the sheriff's office in Emery County was notified last month that a woman with dementia was missing after she took her dog for a walk on the mountainside and hadn't returned in more than a day.

An officer with the sheriff's office and his police dog, Kip, who is "trained and certified to track humans," began to search the area "shortly after dark," according to the post.

Though the nighttime temperature was a "chilly 55 degrees," daytime temperatures in the mountains reached nearly 100 degrees, the update said.

Because of the extreme heat at the time the woman went missing, and due to how long she had been missing, the wildlife resources division said chances were low that Kip would be able to find her.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/barking-dog-saves-life-owner-dementia-days-utah-heat-rcna162797

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