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Florida dog wins national accolades for dialing 911 to save owner
Sun Sentinel ^
| 6-19-06
| Leef Smith
Posted on 06/20/2006 1:45:50 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
WASHINGTON _ Belle Weaver is flying into the nation's capital Monday to receive an award for saving a family member's life. Before she leaves town, she'll meet with her congressman, accept a certificate and bow her head to receive a medal.
Stories such as hers, of heroism and quick thinking, are always inspiring. But this one has a twist, and not just because Belle is 3 years old.
LocalLinks
You see, Belle Weaver is a beagle. She used her owner's cellphone to call 911. Her owner, Kevin Weaver, 34, was in the throes of a diabetic seizure, lying unconscious on his kitchen floor in Ocoee, Fla., when Belle located his phone and chomped down on the keypad, triggering a call.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 911; dog; doggieping; emergency911; hero; idontbelievethis; rescue
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I love heroic doggie stories.
To: HairOfTheDog
Can you issue a doggie ping?
To: afraidfortherepublic
Press 1 for English
Press 2 for Spanish
Press 3 for Beagle...
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posted on
06/20/2006 1:47:51 PM PDT
by
llevrok
(The next "greatest generation" is now.)
To: xsmommy; Laura Earl
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posted on
06/20/2006 1:48:23 PM PDT
by
secret garden
(Dubiety reigns here)
To: afraidfortherepublic
Good doggie. What a good girl you are Belle!
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posted on
06/20/2006 1:49:05 PM PDT
by
girlscout
To: afraidfortherepublic; Flyer; technochick99; sinkspur; 88keys; DugwayDuke; sissyjane; Severa; ...
To: afraidfortherepublic
A beagle's sense of smell is many hundreds of times as strong as a human's. More like billions. Dogs can detect chemicals in the parts ber quadrillion range (a million billions or a thousand trillions). At least that's as sensitive as the tests that are used to test the dogs so far.
To: llevrok
Press 4 for Pizza
Press 5 for Kitty
Press 6 for Fire Hydrant
Press 7 for Blaming that dark spot on the Rug on the Cat
Press 8 for Fleas
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posted on
06/20/2006 1:51:22 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll. 17,406+ snide replies and counting!)
To: afraidfortherepublic
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posted on
06/20/2006 1:55:52 PM PDT
by
PreviouslyA-Lurker
(...where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 2 Corinthians 3:16-18)
To: afraidfortherepublic
Does anyone else think this beagle saw his owner was out of it and took advantage to try and chew up the phone? :)
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posted on
06/20/2006 1:56:51 PM PDT
by
I still care
("Remember... for it is the doom of men that they forget" - Merlin, from Excalibur)
To: afraidfortherepublic
Sure, you all love dogs that can dial three numbers. No one appreciates a cat that see her owner lying unconcious, dials a pet store, punches in the owner's credit card number and gets a bag of cat food delivered.
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posted on
06/20/2006 1:57:00 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Never ask a Kennedy if he'll have another drink. It's nobody's business how much he's had already.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
Rats. I didn't read the whole article. She was trained to do that.
My dogs, if they saw me lying on the floor, would run and raid the garbage.
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posted on
06/20/2006 1:58:16 PM PDT
by
I still care
("Remember... for it is the doom of men that they forget" - Merlin, from Excalibur)
To: theDentist
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posted on
06/20/2006 1:59:51 PM PDT
by
ziggy_dlo
(The GOV't is a crime organization. So is the FBI, the CIA, the liberals, the....... well DUH!!!)
To: I still care
Does anyone else think this beagle saw his owner was out of it and took advantage to try and chew up the phone? :) My beagle would take the opportunity to swipe my breakfast off the table, eat my sunglasses, chew up some drywall, and take a nap in my bed.
I love my little beagle. 8^)
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posted on
06/20/2006 2:02:35 PM PDT
by
AngryJawa
({NRA}{IDPA})
To: HairOfTheDog
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posted on
06/20/2006 2:03:00 PM PDT
by
LucyJo
To: I still care
If my dogs saw me lying on the floor they'd immediately start performing doggie CPR by licking me and pouncing on me.
To: KarlInOhio
Get OUT!! Your cat did that also?
To: llevrok
Press 3 for beagle! That's a good one...
To: KarlInOhio
Hey, you didn't read the story. The phone was programmed so that the dog only had to dial 9. The phone did the rest. Now this story would REALLY be something if Belle dialed THREE numbers! LOL.
To: girlscout
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