Posted on 04/16/2025 2:04:37 PM PDT by Hojczyk
A 2-year-old boy is safe after walking about 7 miles and spending the night in mountain lion territory in northwest Arizona after he snuggled up to a very good dog who had found the boy wandering in the rugged wilderness.
His new furry hero then led him to safety in the morning.
Two-year-old Boden Allen was reported missing on Monday afternoon after he wandered away from his home near Seligman, according to the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office.
The little boy was last seen wearing just a tank top, pajama pants and Vans sneakers. Now enters the hero of this story: Buford, a 160-pound half-Pyrenees and half-Anatolian working ranch dog.
After 16 hours of a multi-agency search with more than 40 people looking for the toddler, rancher Scotty Dunton found him early Tuesday morning walking with Buford.
“I see my dog walking down the fence with a little blonde, cute little 2-year-old kid,” Dunton told FOX Weather.
Dunton and his wife, Dawn, own and operate Dunton Ranch, a 25,000-cattle ranch in Kingman.
Dawn told Scotty that morning about the missing boy.
Both were worried since he had been reported missing the previous afternoon.
“I knew exactly who it was,” Scotty Dunton said. “I was really worried. I mean, as cold as it is at night and stuff. I really was thinking the worst.”
Buford has a way he comes home every day down the side, and across the wash; his little tracks were right with him the whole way,” Dunton said. “So, yeah, he brought him right here.”
Last week, overnight temperatures were in the 20s near Kingman but recently warmed into the 40s when Boden spent his night out in the wild.
According to Dunton, the boy said he curled up under a tree with
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A good news story….
https://nypost.com/2025/04/16/us-news/toddler-survives-cold-arizona-wilderness-found-by-ranch-dog/
Good dog.
OMG…what a wonderful dog!
Try and get a cat to do that!
MOST PEOPLE NEVER KNOW WHAT A GREAT DOG A PYRENEES IS.
THEY ARE SUPER SHEEP GUARD DOGS & APPEAR LIKE THEY ONLY CAN LUMBER ALONG.
THEY CAN KICK ON THE AFTERBURNERS & CATCH & KILL A COYOTE.
Try and get a husky to do that!
Buford probably knew something wasn’t right and took matters into his own paws.
Check out this cat rescuing a toddler from dog attack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1k4wNXfDB8
One of our dogs is half-Pyranees.
Calmest, most laid-back dog we have ever had, and she loves people.
The dog is half Anatolian Shepard dog too. From The AKC website.
“An Anatolian Shepherd Dog is a rugged, imposing flock guardian of ancient lineage. Protective and territorial, but also intelligent, patient, and profoundly loyal, these muscular avengers are prized as working guard dogs without equal. The Anatolian Shepherd Dog stands between 27 and 29 inches at the shoulder and can weigh as much as 150 pounds. Profusely muscled but nimble afoot, Anatolians are more than a match for the predators and harsh terrain of their homeland. Anatolians descend from some of the oldest known domestic-canine bloodlines. This lends the breed a sense of timelessness, a no-frills, untouched quality that takes us back 6,000 years to the Bronze Age. Anatolians are smart, devoted, responsive, and adaptable. They will protect their flock’livestock, children, smaller dogs, even the family cat’with intensity. Anatolian owners must be strong leaders, willing and able to handle a dog as dominating and demanding as he is calm and loving.”
Good doggie!
This is near where I live and I know Scotty Dunton. Good man.
I have two big dogs and two cats. Dogs would protect me, the cats would ask if they could have a share the left overs.
That’s great!
I’ve been to Seligman.
Dunton’s once again save the DAY!!
My cats know who feeds them and they all come to me at night except one. There’s always that one.
I have a friend with 2 of them. They’re huge! He got them for his cattle but ended up wanting them around the house all the time so he put donkeys out with the cattle and keeps the dogs at home, LOL.
Try and get a a pit bull to do that!
Sent this right to a friend who does understand what great dogs Pyrenees are
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