Thanks to the special bond between a child and his Best Friend, a missing 2-year old South Carolina boy was found safe after being lost overnight.
Sheriff Jim Matthews said 22-month-old Tyler Jacobson was reunited with his family after he was found across the street behind a neighbor’s home when someone reported hearing crying in the area.
Tyler was reported missing around 8:00pm Friday from his residence in Elgin, South Carolina.
Matthews said the boy’s mother, 25-year-old Jacklyn Marie Jacobson, and her boyfriend Jose Gloria told investigators Tyler went to get some juice and didn’t come back.
Deputies used a bloodhound tracking team and a SLED helicopter with infrared capabilities, but called the search off around 12:30am Saturday. The search resumed around 7:45am, and the boy was found shortly thereafter.
“Just thinking that a dog would watch a baby over the night, it’s kind of like a movie instead of real life,” said Emily DuBose, who lives in the house outside which the baby was found.
DuBose had no idea a story of devotion and survival was playing out right outside her door. “When we saw the choppers last night, we just assumed a criminal was loose, so I locked the door,” said Linda Harr, who also lives at the house. “The last thing I was gonna do is go outside.”
“I heard some barking early in the morning, but I didn’t really think about it, I just heard dogs barking,” said DuBose.??Little did anyone know that Jacobson’s dog was keeping watch over his 22-month-old master in temperatures that got down to the 40s.
“I just wish I’d have known, I could have warmed him up, called the cops,” said Harr.??Now, words of praise for the dog who likely helped save little Tyler’s life.
“Since he belonged to them, he must have followed him the whole way, so that’s very special,” said Harr.
The dog is smarter than the parent.
i think your statement is true. the parent was a complete idiot in this situation!!!!!!!!!!
Just went for juice and DIDN’T come back..huh?? What were they doing that the “mother” didn’t get the juice for the TWO YEAR OLD!!?? Didn’t they go house to house and why stop searching at night? THANK GOD FOR THE DOG!!
If he was REALLY a smart dog, he would’ve barked and led people to the child the night before instead of sitting there with the child until the morning. What dog WOULDN’T stay with a little child. They are guaranteed to get petted and held. Stupid mutt probably didn’t want to be found because he was enjoying the attention he was getting from the little human. Dumb dog should be put down! 😛
If he was REALLY a smart dog, he would’ve barked and led people to the child the night before instead of sitting there with the child until the morning. What dog WOULDN’T stay with a little child. They are guaranteed to get petted and held. Stupid mutt probably didn’t want to be found because he was enjoying the attention he was getting from the little human. Dumb dog should be put down! 😛
clearly they let the dog roam the streets….cuz they did not seem to mind him missing overnight. Guess they are going to treat the child with the same devotion and “skill?” tsk, tsk, tsk…
I wonder who would send a 22 months child to buy some juice?!!!!
So, they said the dog was part lab. I bet the other part was pitbull. They are very devoted to their family! Thank God the child is OK and the dog loves him!
something does not sound right with the parents….good dog though!
This entire story is a bit off. What 2yr old is capable of getting his own juice? No one questioned the dog missing either? And why weren’t the neighbors notified? You’d think talking to neighbors would be the first thing they’d do. Sounds like the dog was the only smart one around.
A 22 month old going out to get juice alone? I have a 4 year old and an almost 22 month old and even my 4 year old doesn’t leave the house alone! Great dog, but the parents need to be investigated!!