A woman has been hailed a hero after she shared her heart-wrenching experience of rescuing an abandoned puppy that had been hit by cars “multiple times”. The dog’s life was about to take a drastic turn.
On August 6, Kassie Deanne took to TikTok to recount the tale of how she discovered a deserted female pup on the roadside. She revealed that the poor creature had been run over “multiple times”, and was lying immobile on the scorching hot asphalt.
Without hesitation, Kassie stopped her car and ran to pick up the distressed pup, placing her in the backseat of her car next to her young daughter, before driving off to the nearest emergency vet.
“I rescued this sweet baby from off of hot asphalt after being hit and ran over multiple times after. I rushed her to the emergency vet,” Kassie captioned another video, where she updated viewers on what happened to the dog.
In the video, Kassie can be heard comforting the injured dog, who was lying in the backseat of her car, as she raced to the emergency vet. The dog’s continuous cries of pain can be heard as she nurses a wound on her cheek in the video, which some viewers may find upsetting.
“I’m rushing as quick as I can, okay,” Kassie reassured the distressed dog, who was panting and shaking. The video then cuts to a later clip where Marcie, as she has been named, appears much more content, lounging on Kassie’s lap in the car, offering viewers a sneak peak into her happy ending.
The video then cuts back to the moment Kassie arrived at the vet’s office, revealing the extent of Marcie’s initial injuries. She joyfully announces: “Now she’s home with me!!
“She fought to live for two weeks. After a severe skull fracture and multiple leg fractures. Our Marcie Ann.”
In the next clip, Marcie is seen running towards Kassie, wearing a striped top that reads “hug me, kiss me, love me” along with pink shoes on all four paws. With her tail wagging quickly in excitement, she continues to chase her new owner in her new garden, clearly very happy as Kassie cheered her on.
Marcie was then hit by the “zoomies” as she started rolling around in the green grass. Kassie went on to write in the caption of the post: “Oh Marcie, oh Marcie such a spoiled little girl. Watch to the end for her cuteness.”
The video quickly went viral, having racked up over 14 million views in just two days. Viewers quickly took to the comment section to praise Kassie for having saved Marcie’s life, as many also wanted to make sure that the dog was okay.
“Ohhh so you one of those angels I always hear about,” one person wrote, referring to Kassie’s kind act. Another individual exclaimed: “OH MY GOODNESS! YOU ARE AN ANGEL! You are the reason I still have faith in humanity.”
“She will never be harmed ever again I just know it,” another person commented, while a fifth viewer added: “I have a feeling she’ll never feel hot asphalt ever again.
“She even has shoes on – baby will never feel hot asphalt on any part of her again. What an angel you are,” someone else concurred.
Another person noted: “Note to self: add local emergency vets to my GPS.”