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Dog's Barking Leads To Rescue Of 2 Kayakers
WCBS ^ | 7-2-07

Posted on 07/02/2007 10:49:05 AM PDT by meandog

(CBS) AMITYVILLE, N.Y. Two kayakers are alive thanks to a quick-thinking pooch.

This is the kind of story you might have seen on the old television series "Lassie." Randy and Kristine Ronback adopted ‘Smooch’ only two weeks ago.

They got the 2-year-old border collie to help geese off the lawn of their picturesque home on the Amityville river. It's a job their other pets didn't show much interest in, but little did they know Smooch would end up a hero.

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It all began at breakfast Sunday morning. “Smooch all of a sudden started barking and didn't stop,” said Kristine Ronback. Apparently, the dog noticed that two kayakers, a man and a woman, were in distress on the river

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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dogs; lassie; pooch; rescue; smooch
Take that you, dog haters!
1 posted on 07/02/2007 10:49:08 AM PDT by meandog
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To: meandog

How about the geese haters?


2 posted on 07/02/2007 10:54:23 AM PDT by caver (Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
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To: meandog

Good dog!!


3 posted on 07/02/2007 10:55:25 AM PDT by AprilfromTexas
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To: meandog
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4 posted on 07/02/2007 10:56:11 AM PDT by lesser_satan (FRED THOMPSON '08)
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To: meandog

What dog haters?

I only hate mean dogs.

(Har har har...)


5 posted on 07/02/2007 10:56:20 AM PDT by GovernmentIsTheProblem (The GOP is "Whig"ing out.)
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To: meandog

Meabwhile, the cat continued to sun itself on the porch railing.

Flipper still rules the sea.


6 posted on 07/02/2007 10:57:51 AM PDT by Waverunner ( "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." Voltaire)
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To: meandog

Good doggie!


7 posted on 07/02/2007 10:59:17 AM PDT by TChris (The Republican Party is merely the Democrat Party's "away" jersey - Vox Day)
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To: meandog
Smooch will be rewarded with an extra bone.

Better make sure lots of meat is surrounding that bone. That's one good dog!

8 posted on 07/02/2007 11:02:42 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: meandog
Smooch
9 posted on 07/02/2007 11:28:35 AM PDT by RDTF (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
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