Sasha, an 8-month-old Pitbull was living with Chaichanhda family. In no time she had grown very close to the family. Sasha was everyone’s favorite but her favorite was Nana’s 7-month-old daughter. She would cuddle with her all the time. The dog was very obedient but that night everything changed. Sasha began barking continuously. The pooch was in the backyard whereas Nana and her daughter were sleeping inside the house. When Nana went out to see what happened she saw Sasha jumping at the door. She opened the door and went out. It was then he realized why Sasha was behaving so weirdly. The woman immediately ran inside to grab her baby but it was too late.
This remarkable incident took place in Stockton of California. Nana Chaichanhda lived in the house with her kids. As it was Sunday she had no plans and had decided to spend the whole day at home with her kids and Sasha. But little did she know that the day was going to bring a big change in their lives.




One of the reasons behind her special bond with Masailah is that the duo took birth only a month apart. Amusingly, both of them are born in the same year and differentiated only by a month. Sasha is very protective of her and stays with her all the time. Not only that they even take a shower together.





Nana recalled, “My neighbors home was totally destroyed, and the fire was quickly spreading to my unit.”[Sasha] was trying to warn us of the fire. I got out of bed to see what was going on. At that moment I opened the back door and Sasha ran into our home, straight into our bedroom.”
This was very weird of Sasha. She had never acted this weird before. Something was definitely wrong. She stepped outside to see if everything was right. It was all dark. All her neighbors had gone to sleep.

Nana said, “struts in and goes straight to the couch and lays down…” However, that does not happen this time. Sasha ran inside the room. She was barking at her and was moving around.

Sasha had woken up her family in the middle of the night and was behaving strangely. Nana sensed it, “OK, this is weird. This is not like her.” And when she went outside to see what was happening she got her answer. Her neighbor was caught in the fire which was approaching her apartment rapidly.
Nana explained, “I was shocked and I was stuck, thinking, ‘Is this for real?'” She could sense her body gone cold with fear. The woman had to think on her feet as the flames were soon going to take over her house. The woman looked around to see if anyone was out.

The fire had set Nana’s cousin house ablaze. The house was engulfed with flames and now the fire was rapidly moving towards her house. Nana was all blank. She could not understand what to do. Inside the house, Sasha was looking for Masailah, her human sister.
Nana who was yet to overcome the recent blow ran inside the house to grab her child. But little did she know there was another surprise awaiting her. She saw Sasha in her room. “She had already had my baby by the diaper and was dragging her off the bed,” Nana recalled.
The woman hastily got the baby from the dog, found her phone and dog’s collar. After that, she ran outside the house. The woman dialed 911 with trembling hands. Her entire surrounding was sleeping so she decided to wake them up and warn them about this threat. She did not have much time.

Nana had gone white with fear. She began screaming “Fire! Fire!” She screamed from the top of her voice hoping that someone would listen to her. A few minutes later the woman started banging at the doors and windows of her neighbors in order to wake them up.
She was extremely worried about her cousin and aunt as they used to live next to her apartment. She did not know if they were in danger or not. And then another terrifying incident took place.

Nana was shouting out for help outside her house whereas Sasha once again ran inside the flaming house. Sasha was searching for the other two kids in the house. Luckily, that night they were not staying in the house.
Nana said, “they were visiting their dad at the time, but Sasha didn’t know that.” In a few minutes, firefighters made to the site. Nana requested them to find Sasha. Smoke was billowing out of the house. It was difficult to tell if she was alive or not.





‘Thanks to Sasha we were able to get out safe and call 911. We got everyone out their homes and to safety. I owe Sasha my life and my children’s. She saved us all. She is our hero. Without her, we probably would’ve never made it out.’

Their apartment had got completely destroyed. It was going to take at least an hour for the house to get back to its former shape and till then they had to find another place to live in. Furthermore, after the renovation of the property, it was going to be very expensive for Nana to afford.
Nana explained, “We can’t go home anymore,” she said. “My son is 9 and my daughter is 8; explaining to them was hard. [They said] ‘Will we be homeless?’ I said, ‘No, we’re going to be OK.'” They had one more sad news awaiting them.
Whereas Sasha was found safe and sound there was no trace of her cousin HP. Nana said, “He’s Sasha’s brother; they came from the same litter.” “HP is very friendly and he loves everybody, We’re hoping somebody will return him.”





The cause of the fire is still unknown. The police are yet to find a breakthrough. However, the fire destroyed many houses but luckily no casualty was reported.
Isn’t it an amazing story and a great example of dogs’ loyalty to their owner? We have heard a lot of stories about people rescuing dogs but his one is different in the sense that the dog rescued a family. Kudos to Sasha.
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