'She's really lucky': Dog saves owner with dementia after days lost in Utah heat

EMERY COUNTY, Utah (KTVX) – A dog is being credited with saving its owner, an elderly woman with dementia, after she wandered from a cabin in Utah’s central mountains and became lost for nearly three days amid scorching summer heat.

“She’s really lucky that she had her dog with her,” said James Thomas, the conservation officer who found the woman.

The incident happened last month near Joe's Valley in western Emery County. On June 24, the woman went out for an evening walk...