«No, Cri, look at the dog». Then, in a louder and more excited tone: «Cri, the dog!». Claudia Cucchi is alarmed. He is in the countryside in Sa Serra in Pratosardo, near Nuoro, with his partner Cristian Pinnas for a hunting trip. With the couple there are also two dogs. One, 6-year-old Marley, is following his owner closely when he suddenly stiffens and collapses onto his side.

The hunter runs back, puts down his rifle and starts shaking the animal, to try to revive it. But that's not all: Pinnas understands that he is having a heart attack. He tells his partner to call the vet on the phone. But in the meantime he is not sitting idle.

"I lost my gun license," he says at one point. What interests him, however, is not the document. No: he also has a Bentelan tablet in his case. Cucchi finds what he was looking for. And Pinnas doesn't hesitate for a moment: he makes a cut in Marley's ear, to improve circulation, and administers the drug. They are minutes of anguish. Marley's batting partner also wags his tail, first worried and then happy.

Because Marley recovers. He is moaning perhaps in pain, he is disoriented. But safe. And a short time later there he was in the vet's office. Posing for a photo with his savior master, the hunter who loves his animals.

Enrico Fresu

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