Leilani, a Goldendoodle, ran when fireworks went off.
Good samaritan Roger Dunn, as he rescues an 8-month-old Goldendoodle named Leilani on Bair Island on Saturday, July 6, 2024. Dunn was canoeing when he heard what sounded like a howl. It turned out to be a dog owned by Kevin Dalonzo, a real estate agent from the Peninsula, who had been looking for her since being frightened by the sound of fireworks at a 4th July event at Redwood Shores.
“I just sat there for a while. She reached out and sniffed me again,” Dunn said. “She kind of came up and I scooped her up in the mud. She was very calm and I held her with my right hand so we didn’t flip over.” “That night, the dogs were all smiling, socializing with the people next to us,” Dalonzo said. “And so the concert ends. And we’re sitting on the lawn there. Both of the dogs were leashed up. And as soon as the first firework goes off, Leilani freaks out and jets off.”
He prayed that he would find his beloved pup while tightly clutching his St. Christopher medal, a pendant his mother gave him when he was 16, before she passed away.Dalonzo didn’t hear the six missed calls on his phone right away due to exhaustion from the search. But he soon realized he had voicemail.
Denise O’Brien, a public relations professional and founder of Silicon Valley Watch Dogs, a pet sitting business, was there when Leilani and Dalonzo were reunited.
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