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Dachshund floors pedal, crashes car
upi ^ | July 29, 2010

Posted on 07/29/2010 2:54:28 PM PDT by JoeProBono

.Share WOODBURY, Minn - Police in Minnesota said a car crashed into a liquor store when the 71-year-old motorist's dachshund puppy wedged itself between his feet and the gas pedal.

Woodbury Police Sgt. Curt Zacharias said Richard Coerber, 72, was pulling into a parking space about noon Tuesday at Woodbury Liquors when the small dog jumped on the accelerator, the St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer-Press reported Thursday.

"He got between the feet and the pedal," Zacharias said. "It was lucky that no one was walking by at that moment."

Zacharias said there was moderate damage to the vehicle and building. He said the puppy was OK and no humans were injured.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dachshund; doggieping
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1 posted on 07/29/2010 2:54:31 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

He’s so cute! We had a black medium sized dachshund when I was growing up. Littlebit.


2 posted on 07/29/2010 3:00:53 PM PDT by DallasDeb (USAFA '06 Mom)
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To: JoeProBono; Slings and Arrows; Huntress

Extreme cuteness alert.


3 posted on 07/29/2010 3:01:25 PM PDT by Mercat
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To: JoeProBono

People who drive with these little dogs on their lap or with fido hanging his head out the driver’s window are worse then people who text while ‘driving’.


4 posted on 07/29/2010 3:04:09 PM PDT by mad puppy (Steve McIntyre, we owe you frothy cold one. Thanks.)
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To: JoeProBono

Right now some lawyer is trying desperately to figure out who he can sue. Maybe he’ll sue the car manufacturer because they didn’t make the gas pedal immune to interference by dog.


5 posted on 07/29/2010 3:04:16 PM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (my favorite pastime: annoying liberals who have no sense of humor)
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To: JoeProBono

As long as the pup wasn’t between her feet and the brake, I don’t see why this should cause a crash.


6 posted on 07/29/2010 3:04:26 PM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Anything worth doing, is worth doing badly at first.)
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7 posted on 07/29/2010 3:04:56 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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8 posted on 07/29/2010 3:05:57 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: Beelzebubba

I think the puppy’s name was Toyota


9 posted on 07/29/2010 3:07:33 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: DallasDeb

Oh, how we miss our Dachsies. We lost our girls last year - one was 16 and one was 17. We’re trolling rescue sites to try to find a new dachshund or two.

They’re not the easiest to own, but the good ones seldom are...in any species...


10 posted on 07/29/2010 3:08:35 PM PDT by mrs. a (It's a short life but a merry one...)
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11 posted on 07/29/2010 3:09:08 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: Leftism is Mentally Deranged

Easy. The driver. Pretty clear case. Driving a car with an un-restrained animal (especially in your lap)is dumb. It can cause an accident (like this) or, in the event of an accident the animal you care about can get hurt or hurt YOU as it flies around the cabin. I drive with a St. Bernard and 103lb lab. Both are buckled in in the back seat for my safety and theirs.


12 posted on 07/29/2010 3:09:52 PM PDT by Ribeye (Protective headwear courtesy of Reynolds Aluminum Products- Extra-cranial RF Suppression Division)
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To: JoeProBono
Weenie Dog Thread!! Here are my 2 :) Photobucket
13 posted on 07/29/2010 3:14:37 PM PDT by Clintons Are White Trash (Lynn Stewart, Helen Thomas, Rosie ODonnell, Maureen Dowd, Medea Benjamin - The Axis of Ugly)
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To: JoeProBono

We’re on our third. The first was just amazing. A standard male. He wasn’t fixed and used to bring his dates home, usually a German shepherd or other large breed. Our next one was in ill health all his life. We were settled down with our old cattle dog when last summer a distant relative died and we inherited a five year old black and tan and we renamed him Biscuit, neutered him and chipped him within one week. I can’t imagine life without him now.


14 posted on 07/29/2010 3:15:11 PM PDT by Mercat
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To: JoeProBono
Photobucket
15 posted on 07/29/2010 3:16:33 PM PDT by twistedwrench
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To: JoeProBono

Awwwww, thanks for the pict.


16 posted on 07/29/2010 3:18:59 PM PDT by DallasDeb (USAFA '06 Mom)
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17 posted on 07/29/2010 3:20:37 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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18 posted on 07/29/2010 3:22:48 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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19 posted on 07/29/2010 3:24:08 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Beelzebubba

Did you mean between the brake pedal and the floorboard? This is what would scare the dickens out of me.


20 posted on 07/29/2010 3:24:30 PM PDT by goseminoles
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