“She’d wrapped her dog up and brought him to me on her back.”
The other day, veterinarian Ogün Öztürk was called to a little village in Turkey to attend to a client’s cow. He hadn’t planned on staying long. But what began as just a routine visit ended together Ogün won’t soon forget. After wrapping up the work he’d come for, Ogün was close to leave the village. Before he did, however, something in the distance caught his eye. There, trudging toward him on a path thick with snow, was a touch girl. And she or he wasn't alone. On her back was a pup.
Evidently, word had gotten around that a vet was in town — which presented a chance that the girl, 8-year-old Cemre Su Türköz, refused to pass up. Cemre’s dog, named Pamuk, had fallen sick. Wanting to get him help, she decided to hold Pamuk quite a mile from her home to the spot she’d heard that Ogün would be. “When I first saw them, I used to be very surprised and touched,” On told The Dodo. “She’d wrapped her dog up and brought him to me on her back.”
On, of course, couldn’t turn Cemre and Pamuk away. The little girl watched with concern, and Ogun checked. Fortunately, the dog’s sickness wasn’t only too serious. Ogün found Pamuk just had some minor skin issues that were making him uncomfortable, but which could easily be treated.
“When Cemre heard that her dog would be fine, she was very happy,” Ogün said. “I applied external parasite medications to Pamuk. he's now enjoying himself again, healthy and happily.” The little girl and her dog had gotten help. But they also have lovers. Ogün has returned to the village to visit Cemre and Pamuk to make sure that they will never brave heavy snow to seek any help he can provide. It’s the smallest number he could do, considering the trouble she’d put in to seek out him.
“It made me very happy that an 8-year-old girl behaved during this way with such a loving heart,” Ogün said. Ogün didn’t charge Cemre for his services that day. Seeing her love and dedication to Pamuk was the simplest reward he could get.
“The incontrovertible fact that an individual at such a young age exhibits this behavior gives hope to humanity,” On said. “With all that’s happening within the world, there’s still hope. Cemre showed us that the sole truth within the world is love.”