Missing Toddler Found Guarded By Family Dog ( I love a good og story )

News4ax.com ^ | 11:25 am EDT June 30, 2004 | AP

[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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[Badeye]

You'll never read a story like this where a cat is the hero.

[freedomson]

Yeah, could be hugh.

[joesnuffy]

GRrrreat Dog Story....

My German Shepherd found a two yr old..(neighbors kid) that had wandered out her back door and off into a vacant wooded lot..(her mom was distracted by the phone)...and brought her back home...

The dog just did it on her own...I was outside working and didnt notice the dog was gone till I saw her walking-herding the baby back from the nearby wooded lot..

[Integrityrocks]

kewl!

[martin_fierro]

LOL

Ah, shaddap! <|:)~

[Constitution Day]

Sounds,like,a,hugh,idea,unless,you're,a,delusoinal,facist.

[HairOfTheDog]

When I am angry, he clowns to make me smile. 
When I am happy, he is joy unbounded. 
When I am a fool, he ignores it. 
When I succeed, he even brags. 
Without him, I am only another man. 
With him, I am all powerful. 
He has taught me the meaning of devotion. 
He is loyalty itself. 
With him, I know a secret comfort and peace. 
He has promised to wait for me, whenever, where ever.
I will always need him as much as he needs me. 
"He is just my dog!"
~unknown author~

[mc5cents]

GOOD DOG!

[martin_fierro]

I hope your beeber never gets stuned.

[sweetliberty]

Okay, somebody's got to say it: "where were the parents and how does a 2 year old disappear with a dog?" Nice dog story though.

[Constitution Day]

Me two. Then again I hardly ever go to T. J., That being tiajunna Mexico.

[Lady Jag]

No, before protecting the kid, the cat would bring food.

[sweetliberty]

You forgot "hugh"....oh, and "hugh manatee."

[D Rider]

The miniature ones are females. ; )

[Lady Jag]

Teabag the cat saves owner's life

A cat called Teabag saved his owner's life when a fire broke out in his Bradford home.

David Simpson was asleep when a suspected arson attack took place on his house.

His three-year-old cat ran upstairs, jumped up and down on his bed and screeched until he woke.

The 56-year-old says Teabag definitely saved his life.

The Telegraph & Argus reports a number of items of property, including a TV, were stolen before the fire started.

He said: "I would have been dead if it wasn't for the cat because I could not have got out of the upstairs bedroom if the fire had been any worse. The cat has saved my life.

"I was fast asleep and the next thing I knew my cat was screaming, jumping up and down, and running up and down the stairs. I know that if she gets up there must be something wrong."

[Fiddlstix]

A good, loyal dog is a wonderful thing to have when you are raising young children. I had a good one when my own kids were young. He was very protective of them. In fact, I raised him from a pup. But! Once the kids were born he was no longer "my dog", he became the kids dog. Heaven help anything that he thought might harm them. His name was Prince.

(Rest in peace, Prince. Ya done good.)

[Lady Jag]

Thanks paltz. Take a lesson, Silverback (how ya doin'?)

Man Rescues Cat; Cat Saves Man From Fire

[Associated Press]
A man who rescued a stray cat from the cold got the favor returned on Sunday when the cat woke him as his house filled with smoke.

Rioux, 76, who lives alone, fell asleep watching television, but was jolted awake when the cat, named Munchkin, jumped up and landed on his chest with all fours.

Rioux was able to get up in time to call the fire department and evacuate safely.

Rioux put the cat in the garage and in the confusion, Munchkin bolted. Rioux and his family are asking for help finding the black-and-white cat.

Fire officials say the fire was probably caused by an electrical malfunction in the basement.

[sweetliberty]

You forgot "hugh"....oh, and "hugh manatee."

[looscnnn]

Pure coincidence. Had there been a way for the cats to get out by themselves, they would have bolted and the people would have died.

[Militiaman7]

I recommend the pooch for the Congressional Medal of Honor. < /sarcasm>