Nothing like starting off the new year with a good old-fashioned feel-good story. Especially a feel good all-over tale with a happy ending.

Shelter volunteer and dog rescuer Rebecca Burley was taking Roxanne, her rescued Lab/Hound mix, for a walk in their neighborhood in Suffolk, Virginia when they ran into a search party. Police were looking for an elderly woman who had wandered off into the cold wearing nothing but her nightgown. Ms. Burley promised to keep a lookout and she and Roxanne continued on their walk.

Just a few minutes later, Roxanne started to pull hard on her leash, leading her owner right to the ditch where the missing woman lay, shivering in her nightgown. Roxanne's human alerted authorities and before long, EMTs arrived to rescue the woman from the ditch.

Rebecca says Roxanne the Rescuer  is "a natural". Roxanne? Well she was just happy to gobble up some extra special treats that day.

Your "Rescue Happy" Gift Guru,
Linda