No way does that sound stupid. I feel the same way about my GS mix. She's a creature that would give her life to save mine. Loyalty goes both ways. It would be a cold day in hell before I left my dogs behind.
You summed it up quite well.
And as another person here said, I would have been out of there long before that hurricane started bearing down on the coast.
I agree with many other people here. Our Shepard would go down fighting for any of us, and she'll get the same loyalty in return.