‘A special girl’: Ashland dog hailed as a hero for saving woman’s life

ASHLAND, Va. (WWBT) – A dreary day in the Center of the Universe never puts a damper on Dan DiCandilo’s walk around the neighborhood with his dog, Gozier.

“We walk five miles a day, every day, and we’ve been doing that for nine years,” said DiCandilo. “Gozier is the child we’ve never had.”

About three weeks ago, their daily stroll took a different turn.

“We were about halfway up Henry Clay, heading towards the tracks as we call it here in Ashland, and she started barking wildly at a house that we pass every single day,” said DiCandilo. “The bark had a little cry to it. It was different; it wasn’t a bark I had heard from her before.”…

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