14 Hero Dogs That Put Their Lives at Risk to Save People

Meet 14 dog heroes.

Geo, an 8-month-old puppy saved Charley Riley from being run over by a truck by pushing the boy off the road. Unfortunately, the truck hit the animal.

She saved a unit of American soldiers by attacking an Afghan soldier who fired at them with his kalashnikov. She was shot 4 times and as a result lost one of her legs.

'This guy was barking at me for thirty minutes to walk him although we had barely returned from the previous walk. It turned out that there was a gas leak in our apartment.

This one saved his owner by lying on him for 24 hours in freezing temperature.

Molly saved her human and animal family form fire. These include 7 people, 2 dogs and 4 cats. She warned some of them and carried others in her teeth.

Abbie saved little Benjamin by letting his mum know that he was choking.

During just one action performed after an earthquake in Mexico, she saved 52 people trapped in debris.

Chako shielded his owner from her brutal partner. He took 12 stabs with a knife, but luckily the dog survived.

'This dog hero saved me from drowning and detected I had a heart attack before I realized that myself.'

'Today this charming lady scared a bear away – we met him on our track.'

Sam is a rescue dog which, for 10 years of his career, has found 300 missing children.

Kasperis a police dog that saved his human partner from being shot by taking the bullets fired by the criminal.

She saved her unconscious owner by being run over by an industrial train by covering her with her body and taking on the heavy blow.

Simba put his life at risk for many years while working to find explosives. He has recently died. During the official ceremony the gun salute was performed to honor the animal.