Dog stays behind with family's goats as California wildfire destroys property

A guard dog is on the mend Sunday after heroically protecting eight rescue goats and several small deer from the wildfires raging through California's Sonoma County.

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Roland Hendel said he thought he'd never see Odin, a Great Pyrenees, ever again. He packed the car and escaped with his family as the ferocious wildfires were advancing on his home near Calistoga early last week. -- More... Hendel is appealing on a crowdfunding website for money to rebuild his property’s pumphouse and goat barn, The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported Sunday.