Santa Rosa Beach, Fla— (Walton County Sheriff) — There’s a reason they’re called man’s best friend. Just ask Ms. Fran Lamson of Santa Rosa Beach.
“She was my baby… my heart,” said Lamson of her nine-year-old Neapolitan Mastiff, Kessler.
Sunday August 9th Lamson made one of the most difficult calls of her life. Crying and upset, Lamson called the Walton County Sheriff’s Office when her 190lb dog passed away in her upstairs living room. Lamson had previously inquired about getting the dog cremated when it passed away, but knew the cost was too high. She never anticipated what would happen next.
Walton County Sheriff’s Office dispatched Deputy Nick Embry and Deputy Jason Day to Lamson’s home in Santa Rosa Beach.
For several hours in the blistering Florida heat Deputies Embry and Day dug their way into Ms. Lamson’s heart by digging a large hole for Kessler in her back yard and carrying the dog to its grave.
“I think this is what our agency is all about,” said Sheriff Michael Adkinson. “This is the ‘service’ part of our Core Values and we strive each day to be selfless in our devotion to duty as law enforcement officers.”
“I don’t know what I would have done without them,” said Lamson. “I’m lost without her, but if they hadn’t helped me I couldn’t have gotten her out of the house. I was very, very thankful they helped me.”
WCSO applauds these deputies who helped make Ms. Lamson’s loss a little more bearable by taking time out of their normal call of duty to assist her in burying her beloved pet.
