Abused Canine Rescues Owner From Burning Mobile Home Twice

FoxNews.com ^ | November 25, 2007 | AP

[CommieCutter]

Yeah, it should’ve said something like,”Adopted dog rescues its owner from burning fire.” Man that was hard!

[ShadowDancer]

There are some things that would give me pause about letting them burn in a fire but keys ain’t one of them.

[Fresh Wind]

Bad headline writer,bad,bad!

The ability to write coherently is no longer a requirement for employment at the AP.

[Joe 6-pack]

"But Jennings, an artist who has lived in the mountain town since 1975, said she became disoriented and was quickly overcome by smoke."

I know a number of artists who are regularly disoriented and overcome by smoke, and then they get the munchies.

[Balding_Eagle]

Grant Hawk, owner of the trailer park, said an electrical problem might have started the fire in the mobile home, which he said is a total loss.

Bet one of the dogs ate through the insulation on a cord.

[Biggirl]

A true hero dog! =^..^=

[Cagey]

Thanks!

[AnAmericanMother]

This lady is too dumb to deserve such a brave dog.

Having had keys out to dog-sitters and such, I guarantee you every one of those folks had another key. A buck fifty at the hardware store is nothing compared to somebody's life.

[Titan Magroyne]

Bet one of the dogs ate through the insulation on a cord. My experience with that is usually the dog yips at the shock, waking the owner from across the room.

Oh. You mean while it wasn't plugged in? :-D

[Fire_on_High]

My BIL has a pit-lab. Sweetest dog I’ve ever seen, but 10 min around him leaves me with bruised shins from the tail whipping...err, wagging. I’ll post some pics of him soon.

[libstripper]

He sounds as though he’s a lot like mine, a very bumpy, self-assertive, confident, wagging, friendly dog.

[Pistolshot]

Lots of dogs nibble on the cords. The tingling feels good to them. Once they break the insulation and get shocked, they move on to another cord. Best to stop that behavior pretty quick when it starts or you will have a fire sooner or later.

[Titan Magroyne]

The dog who did it got shocked once and for good. Afterwards you had only to hold up a cord (it was the plug end of an extension cord) to see her shrink away. Didn’t stop her chewing on other things but broke her off of wires forever.

[Verloona Ti]

Or “Abused Dog Saves Rescuer From Fire”. I thought the abuser was the one rescued, too.

[Pistolshot]

I had a dumb one that liked to hold the cord in her mouth.....she didn't bite through, but if the lamp wasn't on she would sit and howl until we turned it on.

Unfortunately she was a jumper too, and met her demise in front of a garbage truck.

[libstripper]

One is a purebred 13-inch white beagle bitch, angelically sweet but a real loser as a hunter.

This reminds me of the first dog I had, a beagle named Buddy. We got him from a breeder when he was about 13 months old. He'd earlier been returned at least once. He, too, was a love dog and not a hunter. Every so often a rabbit would appear in our yard, we'd point Buddy toward the rabbit, make sure it had his attention, and release him. His best rabbit chase was no more than about 50 or 100 feet, after which he'd be distracted and start sniffing whatever caught his attention.

[CDHart]

Both of our dogs were strays, and strangely enough, they're both purebred, or appear to be. One is a little rat terrier that my husband rescued from a busy intersection, and the other one, a Lhaasa Apso, showed up in our back yard covered with ticks and burrs. The owner of the LA didn't want him back, and we never did find an owner for the terrier. They are both the sweetest, most loving little guys - we are fortunate.

Carolyn

[Titan Magroyne]

That was one strange puppy!

[DancesWithCats]

OMG how sad! I’m so sorry. NOTHING is worth running back into a burning building for ... NOTHING ... only a life. I wonder if she thought that someone was in there ...