Cedar Hill, TX – Clementine won the Dog of the Year Award at the 2022 ASPCA Humane Awards for her work at Cedar Hill Fire Department’s Fire Station #212 in Texas.
Clementine is a hero who comforts heroes.
The 3-year-old Catahoula/hound mix is a shelter dog turned firefighter whose story starts in 2021 when she was dropped off at a Louisiana animal rescue. After arriving at the shelter, Clementine was relocated to Tri-City Animal Shelter in Cedar Hill, Texas, by an ASPCA Animal Relocation team to protect her from Hurricane Ida.
At Tri-City Animal Shelter, the hound dog was adopted and returned twice and was still looking for a forever home when Captain Robert Moree of the Cedar Hill Fire Department proposed to his crew and town administration that the department adopt a dog to help firefighters cope with their stressful jobs.
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