It was a tragedy when a terrible fire swept through the Moss family’s home in Piqua, Ohio. They lost most of their possessions and their Great Pyrenees named Jeter, who alerted the family to the fire.
Jeter, the Pyr who saved his family.
Jeter, who was a rescue dog, saw them all safely outside and then returned to the house and perished in the fire. It was several months before the Moss’s were ready for another dog. But when their house was finished in October, they turned to National Great Pyrenees Rescue to find their next dog. They filled out an application for a puppy but with a brand new house, decided a puppy may not be the best idea. Mary Nelson, NationalPyr’s Georgia rep, told them about Hattie who was rescued from a Georgia kill shelter and was just the right age and temperament for them.
Following in the footsteps of Jeter, Hattie has been renamed Maddux.
In Jeter’s honor, National Great Pyrenees Rescue waived the adoption fee for Hattie. Despite an offer of volunteer transport help, the trip was made from Piqua, OH to Alpharetta, GA to pick Hattie up. Just in time for the World Series, Hattie’s been renamed ‘Maddux” in honor of Greg Maddux, who was an All-Star pitcher for the Atlanta Braves.