Most dogs know a trick or two, but in Santa Clarita, we found a Labrador named Echo, who has one that can bring even the toughest firefighters down to their knees every single time.
“It’s one fell swoop,” said Echo’s handler, firefighter Jake Windell. “She’ll be standing on all fours and [all of a sudden] she’s just on her back, ready to go, and I think it’s hard for anybody not to smile when they see a dog on their back waiting for a belly rub.” Echo is not just any dog. She’s an employee at Fire Station 107. Her job is to put smiles on firefighter’s faces — and it's safe to say that she's really good at it.
“I think we’ve all had that experience of going home after a rough day and the dog is just excited to be there,” Windell said. “When Echo does that with our crews it just gets our spirits up a little bit.”