Dog badly burned in house blaze adopted by firefighter
Travis Oliver said he felt an immediate connection with Lexi Ann.
A dog who was badly hurt in a house blaze has been adopted by a firefighter and is starting a new life supporting young burn victims.
Lexi Ann suffered such severe burns in a house fire in Minnesota in January that her owners took her to a vet to be put down.
A vet tech reached out to Ruff Start for help, and the shelter found a foster home for the dog to live in as she healed.
Lexi’s foster parents kept up an Instagram page showing her progress, an account that caught the eye of Travis Oliver, a firefighter from Indiana.
He said: “I’m sitting at work and I almost cry seeing her story, because I’ve pulled dogs out that didn’t make it, and I’m like, ‘You’re my new best friend because I know what you’re going through has to be hell’.”
It was an unusual situation for the shelter, which normally only sanctions adoptions within the state of Minnesota.
The shelter said: “Traditionally Ruff Start does not do out-of-state adoptions, but after long communication between the rescue, the fosters, and the adopters, it was clear this was a perfect match.”
Ruff Start said: “Her dad will even be bringing Lexi to a camp in Indiana that helps burn victims to help the kids with their own healing.”
