More than $27K raised for heroic dog hurt in Ohio house fire

The injured dog, owned by Ben Ledford of Goshen Township, is doing much better in an animal hospital recovering from smoke inhalation, said Phil Ledford, the victim’s brother, on the Crowdrise website.

“Our family continues to be amazed at the amount of donations, support, thoughts and prayers being said for our family and Carmen. We are still trying to find the right words to truly express our appreciation,” Ledford said in a Wednesday note.

“Carmen is still doing well,” said Ledford. The canine is now in physical therapy. “She’s working on being able to stand up on her own again, among other things. Because she’s fully awake and alert, our visits are short. We want her to save her energy for PT.

“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,” she said.

CNN’s Doug Criss contributed to this report.

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