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WEBVTT >> THAT’S A GOOD BOY. MARY: ANDREW STRADER’S BEST BOY, BEAR. >> I CALL IT HIS BATTLE SCAR. MARY: BARES A WOUND SPARKING A SCARY STORY. >> I COME OUTSIDE TO CHECK ON MY DOG AND SURE ENOUGH, HE GOT HIT BY LIGHTNING. MARY: HIT RIGHT BETWEEN HIS SHOULDERS, DOWN TO HIS LEG DURING A STORM LAST WEEK. STRADER STEPPED OUTSIDE HIS DORA HOME SMELLING BURNT HAIR, FINDING HIS DOG LYING ON THE GROUND. >> I SCOOPED HIM UP. HE WAS LIMP, LIKE A DISHRAG. MARY: STRADER RACED HIS DOG TO THE VET. >> I ASKED WHAT HIS CHANCES WERE, AND THE VET SAID WELL, ACCORDING TO THE MEDICAL BOOK AND MY EXPERIENCE BEING A VET FOR 30 SOME ODD YEARS, NO DOG HAS EVER MADE IT TO THE VET ALIVE. MARY: BUT A WEEK LATER. >> THAT’S WHAT THE DOC SAID. HE WAS A MIRACLE DOG. MARY: BEAR IS BEATING THE ODDS. >> I JUST KEPT PETTING ON HIM AND TELLING HIM THAT I LOVED HIM. MARY: BEAR, WHO’S LOOKING MORE LIKE A LION NOWADAYS, STILL FACES A LONG ROAD AHEAD. >> I THINK HE’S QUITE GETTING USED TO THE INDOOR LIVING NOW. MARY: BUT THIS FAMILY IS HAPPY. >> I LOVE YOU TOO, PAL. MARY: THEIR DOG SURVIVED A STRIKE FROM A STROKE OF GOOD LUCK. IN DORA, MARY O’CONNELL, W