Calling 911
There's a great video today on the CNN web site about a dog named Buddy who saved his owner's life by calling 911.
Joe, the dog's owner, suffers potentially fatal seizures stemming from a 10-year-old military injury. About a year and a half ago, Joe acquired Buddy, a young German shepherd, and trained him to bring the telephone to him in an emergency. He also trained him to bite down on the phone to automatically connect to the pre-programmed emergency number.
You can hear an actual tape of the 911 call on the video. The operator answers and asks "What is your emergency?" Buddy replies: WOOF! WOOF! WOOF!
After a night in the hospital, Joe is now back home with his best friend in Scottsdale, Ariz.
"He's always there," Joe said of Buddy. "I just hope I can be as good to him as he's been to me."
About the Bloggers
Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
E-mail Donna at donna.littlejohn@dailybreeze.com.
Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(Video: Rocket the Dog) and is the least popular person on his block. He spends his free time in dog parks, pet shops and always has an extra plastic bag in his pocket just in case. He also has a cat.
E-mail Josh at josh.grossberg@dailybreeze.com.
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