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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How about the geese haters?
Good dog!!
What dog haters?
I only hate mean dogs.
(Har har har...)
Meabwhile, the cat continued to sun itself on the porch railing.
Flipper still rules the sea.
Good doggie!
Better make sure lots of meat is surrounding that bone. That's one good dog!
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