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Dog Calls 911, Saves Owner's Life

by Tim Stevens on September 16, 2008 at 02:57 PM

We've all seen the "I've fallen, and I can't get up!" commercials and chuckled, but what if you actually did fall and weren't able to get up? What if you couldn't even push a button to call for help? What would you do? That's the situation Scottsdale, Arizona resident Joe Stalnaker found himself in this past weekend, and thankfully someone else -- his dog -- was there to help him .

Joe suffered a head injury during military training ten years ago, and has had crippling seizures ever since. He adopted his dog Buddy at the age of just eight weeks, and trained the now 18-month-old German Shepherd to check on him and to press a button on the phone to dial 911 in case of an emergency. Over the weekend when Joe suffered a seizure that left him unable to move, Buddy made the call. Amazingly, this is the fourth time since Joe has owned him that he's managed this feat.

You can hear a part of the call, and Buddy's whimpering for help, in the above video -- it's enough to make even a jaded blogger misty-eyed. [From: Telegraph.co.uk]

Tags: 911, dog, funny, pets, seizure, service dog, ServiceDog

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