Jeffrey Groat & Burke
Posted on 11/10/2013 1:57:38 PM PST by Innovative
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - A man injured when a driver suspected of being drunk barreled into his northern Idaho house got some good news Saturday: His dog, missing since the Thursday crash, was found.
The Coeur d'Alene Press reported that Jeffrey Groat was reunited with his teacup Great Dane named Burke while recovering in the hospital.
The small pooch had been found Thursday near the hospital's emergency room, leading Groat's friends to speculate it had followed emergency vehicles that carried him and the other victims to the hospital.
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Doggie ping
It’s like the Twilight Zone episode where the guy wouldn’t go to heaven without his dog.
“It’s like the Twilight Zone episode where the guy wouldn’t go to heaven without his dog.”
I remember that one — the dog saved him from ending up in h*ll.
Jeffrey Groat & Burke
Thanks for finding and posting the picture — I was looking for it and just found it too.
Here is the earlier article:
Help find Burke, crash victim’s dog
http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_c9cedae8-48c6-11e3-a0e5-0019bb2963f4.html
So that’s a ‘teacup’ great dane. I didn’t think it would fit in my purse.
Yeah. Was wondering about that myself. “Teacup Great Dane” seemed kind of like an oxymoron...
Handsome pup!
I had never heard of the breed before. Interesting.
Dogs are the BEST.
Mine isn’t a teacup. He’s wonderful.
He’s more like a beer stein.
Teacup Great Dane? I wonder if they live longer than regular Great Danes?
Awww.
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