This is Simba, a well-behaved pit bull with the nicest personality. Unfortunately, some people can’t see that because they can’t look past the breed he belongs to. But recent events made some of them think again.
Simba and his owner Arjanit Mehana live in an apartment in Sweden. Despite the dog’s friendly behavior many building’s residents try to avoid him whenever and however they can. One older woman who lives a level below was particularly cold to this dog.
“He always tried to greet her, but she called him mean and looked at him with fear,” Mehana told reporters. “She never liked him because he was a ‘bad’ breed.”
Simba soon proved that he had no hard feelings about that.
A few days ago, Mehana and Simba were entering the building and they passed by the neighbor’s door while on their way up the stairs. At that moment the dog began to act oddly.
“He stopped,” Mehana says. “He began to bark and run to the door where the neighbor lives. I pulled the leash, but he refused to come.”
Simba didn’t want to leave, so Mehana tried to pick him up. At that moment he heard a muffled sound that was coming from inside:
“I heard a weak voice shout for help,” Mehana remembers. “She said, ‘Please don’t go.’” Mehana opened the unlocked door and he found his neighbor lying on the floor.
“She had broken her hip and been in her home for a while,” Mehana said.
She was unable to move, and nobody noticed her missing in the past two days. Her life was threatened. Simba heard her just in time.
Mehana immediately picked up the phone and called for an ambulance, and then waited for it with Simba and one of the neighbors. The dog that she never liked saved her life. Of course, the feelings changed at once.
“She said, ‘Thank you for hearing me.’ I thought she was talking to me at first,” Mehana remembered. “But then she said, ‘No, not you — the nice doggie.’”
There is no better way to make someone like you than to save his life.
The older woman is still in recovery, and in the meantime is Simba has become a hero amongst the residents of the building. They’re getting him gifts and treats all the time.
No doubt that Simba deserves all that, but Mehana would be happier if his actions that day would lead to a wider public change of opinion about this breed of dog.
“I know Simba is a wonderful dog,” Mehana says “But I hope this event will make people see bully breeds differently. We, as human beings, must deserve their loyalty and love.”
Simba proved he has a big heart; it is our turn now.
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