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The Army sniffer dog who swallowed a Taliban bomb... and SURVIVED
Daily Mail ^
| 25th June 2009
| Daily Mail Reporter
Posted on 06/26/2009 9:16:02 PM PDT by Daffynition
Some dogs will try to eat anything - but for dogs like Toby, based in Afghanistan with the military, swallowing things on the ground can be extra dangerous.
Last week Toby ate what experts think may have been an explosive.
After ingesting the toxic substance when sniffing out Taliban improvised explosive devices on the front line, he was picked up by a medical emergency helicopter and whisked back to Camp Bastion.
Army vet Captain Matt Clark gave him oxygen through a child's mask during the journey.
Toby was then treated on a drip with charcoal to soak up the poison and given drugs to control the swelling on his brain, which was causing fits.
Just 24 hours after the incident, Toby was in good spirits.
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Military/Veterans; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: workingdogs
To: Daffynition
I heard that a problem with using pigs for detecting explosives is that rather than pausing to give some signal to their handler like trained dogs will do, pigs will try to eat the explosive.
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posted on
06/26/2009 9:29:35 PM PDT
by
fso301
To: fso301
That would be a problem. I think this dog must be a Lab/cross ... Labs will eat anything.
3
posted on
06/26/2009 9:32:14 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
To: Daffynition
WAY STRESSED eyebrows.
/johnny
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posted on
06/26/2009 9:34:27 PM PDT
by
JRandomFreeper
(God Bless us all, each, and every one.)
To: Daffynition
WAY STRESSED eyebrows.
/johnny
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posted on
06/26/2009 9:34:37 PM PDT
by
JRandomFreeper
(God Bless us all, each, and every one.)
To: Daffynition
Poor little Trooper.
Glad to know he’s okay tho.
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posted on
06/26/2009 9:34:37 PM PDT
by
Shadowstrike
(Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: Daffynition
Hey mom! Check out Toby's new
trick!
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posted on
06/26/2009 9:37:11 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 158 of our national holiday from reality.)
To: null and void
HAHAHA!
I believe I've seen that clip somewhere ........
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posted on
06/26/2009 9:44:14 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
To: Daffynition
Naaahhh, I think you have it confused with a moonwalk.
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posted on
06/26/2009 9:50:31 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 158 of our national holiday from reality.)
To: null and void
I know. It's fishy. ;)
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posted on
06/26/2009 9:55:01 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
To: Daffynition
That shirt is a hoot...I’d like one myself.....gg
To: Daffynition
That poor dog in the second photo looks like he just saw Nancy Pelosi and Dingy Harry....Oh the horror....
To: goat granny
As always gg, you are da bomb! ;D
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posted on
06/27/2009 3:42:02 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
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