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Two Golden Retrievers Crash a Hingham Medical Call, End Up Riding the Fire Truck Home
A pair of tagless golden retrievers wandered up to Hingham firefighters during a medical call Thursday, then hitched a ride back to the station, where microchips reunited them with their owner.
HINGHAM â A routine medical call took a furry turn Thursday when two golden retrievers strolled up to a Hingham Fire Department crew as if reporting for duty.
According to a post from Hingham Firefighters Local 2398, the dogs approached the firefighters "to assist with medical care" while the crew was responding to an emergency. The pair had no tags, and the crew could not locate an owner at the scene.
So the firefighters did what any soft-hearted first responders would do: they let the dogs hop into the back of the fire truck and brought them back to the station.
Once there, an Animal Control Officer scanned the dogs' microchips, which quickly identified them and made it possible to contact their owner. The dogs â named Leo and Gus â were soon picked up.
The union said the firefighters thanked the dogs for pitching in with some chores around the station and for lending a paw during a stressful call.
The episode offered a lighthearted moment for a department that, like others across the South Shore, spends much of its time on serious medical emergencies. It also served as a reminder of the value of microchipping pets: without tags, the chips were the only thing standing between Leo and Gus and a longer stay at the firehouse.
It was not immediately clear what medical call the crew had been responding to or where in Hingham the encounter took place.