"She ran upstairs to check on her aunt"
(and apparently ran back downstairs without grabbing her dog.)
If there's a fire in my house, all three of us are getting out or none of us are getting out. I would not leave my dogs to burn to death inside a building alone.
My first comment when I read this article was "She left the dog behind?"
I'm with you!
I feel that way about the Ferocious Feline Bebop Trio and the Dread Boston Salty.