The Doberman and The Fireman

This popular and heartwarming story about the grateful doberman kissing a firefighter after being rescued from a housefire circulated the internet for a while. It is worth mentioning again with corrections from Snopes.

Thanks to Snopes.com, details about the story became clear.

The photo was taken during a house fire in 1999 and shows fireman Jeff Clark being licked by a pregnant, red Doberman named Cinnamon. During the fire there was already one dog outside in the yard and another one ran out of the house on it’s own. (He did not carry the Doberman out of the burning house.) When the firefighter knelt down and removed his mask, Cinnamon walked over and licked him. Photographer Patrick Schneider took the photo.

Jeff Clark works for the Charlotte Fire Department. Pregnant Cinnamon did give birth to five puppies and eventually passed away in 2005.