Gus has been made an honorary police canine after being shot in the head by a convicted felon in his Tennessee backyard.
Within the hour, police had the man, who turned out to be a convicted felon on probation, in custody and Gus was ready for emergency surgery at the vet."They came running out with a stretcher and he jumped out of the car and walked himself in," said Dixon.
Gus' heroic actions have been celebrated by the Brentwood community, with the Brentwood police even making him their honorary canine, with a medal and badge included."Gus got this because of his bravery and loyalty to protect everyone else," Dixon family daughter Sydney told Fox17."His nickname is now Superdog. So he is the Superman of the neighborhood."
Neighbors who were protected by Gus have thanked the Labrador too, throwing him his very own party for his 2nd birthday."I just stop and think about how lucky we all are on that day, that Gus was there to step in and be the hero," said neighbor Alex Hunter. "We didn't want our kids to be afraid and traumatized. So, we just decided we were going to tell them the truth with as few details as possible and what we knew is there was a bad guy going around and Gus recognized him as a bad guy and he tried to help catch him and the man shot him, but because of Gus the police were able to catch him and he's in jail and we don't have to worry about him anymore," said Dixon.
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