THREE-LEGGED CHIHUAHUA ADOPTED FROM HSOY ALERTS FAMILY TO FIRE

On Wednesday, Kristene and John Quintero came to the shelter to tell us the story of how Tripod, their three-legged Chihuahua, saved them from a house fire in the early hours of Monday. With his house filling up with smoke and a smoke alarm that wasn’t going off, Tripod realized it was up to him to alert his family to the imminent danger.
The Quinteros adopted Tripod from HSOY in January 30, 2005. Tripod came to HSOY as a stray, hobbling around the streets of Yuma with his three legs. According to Kristene, the vet told her that Tripod’s leg had been surgically amputated no more than two months prior.
The Quinteros are convinced that if it were not for Tripod, they wouldn’t have woken
up in time. They said they felt compelled to share their story of how an adopted shelter dog
saved them and his “oblivious” purebred Italian Greyhound brother. “Anything to get
the word out that there are such good dogs here [at the shelter] that need homes,”
said John Quinteros.