An Altadena man and his beloved golden retriever are homeward bound after completing the first fully rebuilt house since the Eaton Fire.

The one-story, 2,160-square-foot home took just four months and five days to finish, thanks to homeowner Ted Koerner’s determination to get his 13-year-old dog, Daisy May, back under her own roof.

Daisy is a fifth generation European national grand champion golden retriever bred in Russia and part of an animal cancer study run by the Morris Animal Foundation.

“This dog eats Atlantic salmon every day and drinks mountain spring water that’s $3.50 a bottle, every day of her life,” said Koerner.

“She is that important to me, she has saved me many times and I consider her to be a living angel, ” he told The Post.

When Koerner evacuated his home during the

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