South Korea’s first honorary rescue dog has been named after a dog who saved its owner’s life.

A dog named Baekgu got a lifeguard award in South Korea for the first time in the country’s history. He saved his 90-year-old owner from hypothermia.

A dog that saved its owner's life appointed South Korea's first honorary rescue dog

On August 25, the woman and her dog vanished. Surveillance cameras around her home captured this. The 90-year-old owner of Baekgu suffers from dementia, thus her absence has terrified her family. The police started looking for the woman right away, and it took them almost 40 hours to find her. She was 2 kilometers far from the house in the midst of a rice field.

A dog that saved its owner's life appointed South Korea's first honorary rescue dog

The woman was wet in the rain, causing her garments to become heavy, and she was unable to get up. It was terribly cold outside. But Baekgu, who refused to abandon his mistress, prevented her from becoming frostbitten. After this, the woman had to go to hospital and the dog has been rewarded.

“Baekgu was particularly fond to my mother, and it seemed as if he was thanking us.” I was really concerned that my mum had gone missing for so long in the rain. I owe Baekgu my gratitude. “He is a member of our family,” she explained.

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