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Missing Toddler Found Guarded By Family Dog ( I love a good og story )
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| 11:25 am EDT June 30, 2004
| AP
Posted on 06/30/2004 9:58:52 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Missing Toddler Found Guarded By Family Dog
Girl, Dog Disappeared From Family's Back Yard
POSTED: 11:25 am EDT June 30,
2004
BETHLEHEM, Ind. -- Some 90 people searched through the night for a missing 2-year old girl before she was found safe Wednesday morning with a family dog on an Ohio River bank. Daisy Smith was found more than a mile from her home by a Clark County conservation officer taking part in a search that began after she and the dog disappeared from the family's back yard about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Conservation Officer Andy Crozier found the girl about 6:30 a.m. after following dog tracks that led him to the family's Labrador retriever at the site about 25 miles northeast of Louisville, Ky.
"I found the tracks and just followed them," Crozier told The Evening News of Jeffersonville. "When I first found the girl she appeared fine, but obviously scared. The dog was a little hesitant to let me get near her, after I made up to him a little bit he let me bring her to safety." Emergency management workers examined the girl at the home of her parents -- Les and Cheryl Smith.
"You couldn't believe how happy I was when I heard," Les Smith said. "My wife called me at work last night and told me what had happened, and ever since then you can't even describe what's going through your mind. When they told me that they found her, it was unbelievable."
Conservation Officer Mac Spainhour said the family dog was to thank for the girl's safety.
"This girl has a guardian angel," Spainhour said. "And it's the dog. He stayed with her throughout the night, and in the end he led us to her."
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TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Indiana
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I love this one too!!
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posted on
06/30/2004 10:01:19 AM PDT
by
YaYa123
(@"Plunk Your Magic Twanger, Froggie".com)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
My og's bigger than your og.
3
posted on
06/30/2004 10:01:41 AM PDT
by
MCRD
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Give that Lab a side of BEEF! No measley dog biscuit here.
Cool. I live in Indiana too.
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posted on
06/30/2004 10:02:14 AM PDT
by
undirish01
(Go Irish! If only we can get the theology dept. turned around.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Let me be the first to say og stories are my favorites but you don't see many of them!
5
posted on
06/30/2004 10:02:44 AM PDT
by
OSHA
(Note to Self: They always suspect the husband first.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
6
posted on
06/30/2004 10:02:45 AM PDT
by
Desdemona
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
You wouldn't see a story like that about a cat...
7
posted on
06/30/2004 10:03:17 AM PDT
by
Mr. Silverback
(Get in the fight today: Freepmail me to get on your state's KerryTrack Ping list!)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
To: OSHA
9
posted on
06/30/2004 10:03:45 AM PDT
by
OSHA
(Note to Self: They always suspect the husband first.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Awww...how sweet. Give that dog a steak dinner.
10
posted on
06/30/2004 10:03:50 AM PDT
by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Legislatures are so outdated. If you want real political victory, take your issue to court.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
awwwwww. Good Doggie! sniffle, sniffle
To: Mr. Silverback
There must be a good at story.
12
posted on
06/30/2004 10:04:28 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Destroy the dark; restore the light)
To: No Blue States
I knew he was a lab before I read the story, Nice one for a change. But cats do rule.
13
posted on
06/30/2004 10:04:28 AM PDT
by
cajungirl
(<i>swing low, sweet limousine, comin' fer to Kerry me hoooommmee</i>)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Obviously, This dog has watched Old Yeller.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
It sure is nice to see some good news for a change. Thanks for posting this.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
OG LIKE!
16
posted on
06/30/2004 10:05:37 AM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(Member, Burger-Eating War Monkeys, Rapid Response Digital Brown Shirts, NLC™)
To: MCRD
My og's SMARTER than your og!
17
posted on
06/30/2004 10:05:40 AM PDT
by
EggsAckley
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." Evita Rodham Clinton)
To: Dog; Neets; Bitwhacker; jtill; Holding Our Breath; kassie
18
posted on
06/30/2004 10:06:13 AM PDT
by
lysie
(Accumulating FRequent FReeper miles.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I bet that dog gets a steak for dinner.
Well deserved.
19
posted on
06/30/2004 10:06:44 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
(Clintonites have such good hind-sight because they had their heads up their hind-ends 8 years.)
To: Mr. Silverback
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posted on
06/30/2004 10:06:58 AM PDT
by
The Wizard
(Democrats: enemies of America)
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