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Is this really possible?
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. ----------------------------------------------------- http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3691763 |
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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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