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Old November 3rd 04, 05:31 AM
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6:37pm (UK)

Dog Calls Ambulance, and Barks to Save Owner

By Mark Sage, PA News, in New York

It was like a scene from Lassie. A dog telephoned for an
ambulance and then unlocked the door for the police after
her owner fell from her wheelchair.

After calling 911, four-year-old Rottweiler, Faith, barked
urgently into the receiver to get help for 45-year-old Leana
Beasley.

Ms Beasley suffered a seizure at her home in Washington state,
in the north west United States.

"I sensed there was a problem on the other end of the 911
call," said emergency operator Jenny Buchanan.

"The dog was too persistent in barking directly into the
phone receiver. I knew she was trying to tell me something."

Faith has been trained to knock the receiver off the hook
and press a speed dial button to call the emergency services.

But that's not all. The dog is also trained in first aid.

"She's trained to get under my body, roll me to my stomach so
that fluid can run out," Ms Beasley told the local television
channel KVEW-TV.

"She takes her nose pushes my chin up to open the airway, and
then she's trained to lick my face and keep any fluid away
so I don't drown."

Faith also uses her sensitive nose to detect changes in Ms
Beasley's body chemistry which could indicate she is about
to have a seizure.

Ms Beasley believes Faith had been trying to warn her all
day that she was in danger.

The day of the fall, Faith "had been acting very clingy,
wanting to be touching me all day long" Ms Beasley said.

Ms Beasley spent three weeks in hospital after the fall on
September 7 and has recovered since doctors changed her medication.
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Old November 3rd 04, 06:57 AM
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Yup. Isn't it amazing what dogs can do, and to give proper credit, what
their trainers can do? I suspect that all dogs are born with the aptitude
to become assitance and detection dogs like this but it takes a special
trainer & a willing canine to pull it off and go into active service.

--
Tara


 




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