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VC2
08-11-2009, 03:01 AM
I didn't put this in animals because its more than that..there is a special human story in here, from the actual owner of the dog.

quoting the middle of the story, the front and the end are just as important:

Four days later, they still had the dog. He was starting to answer to his new name.

He loved roughhousing with Azaiah, knew to be gentle with Christian. He almost never barked.

On Saturday, Azaiah went to his dad's house. Christian retreated to his room to watch a Barney video. The dog dozed beside him.

Yolanda had just stepped onto her porch to water the plants when the dog flung himself into the screen door, barking madly.

As she opened the door, the dog sprinted across the living room, into the boys' room.

Yolanda screamed. Christian was slumped over, his body writhing in a seizure, blood streaming from his nose and mouth.

The dog ran to the boy, still yelping. But as soon as Yolanda bent to cradle her son, the dog went silent.

"If he hadn't come to get me," Yolanda told Stacey later, "the neurologist said Christian would have choked on his own blood and died."

Since no one had claimed the dog, Yolanda decided to keep him.

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Stacey got a call the next morning. A man named Randy had recognized his lost dog and called the number on the flier.

Stacey sobbed. She had been working so hard to find the dog's owner. Now that he had found her, everything seemed wrong.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,538724,00.html

R~O~S
08-11-2009, 08:04 AM
OMG! What a special dog, what a special owner. :crying:

mafitz701
08-11-2009, 12:38 PM
That makes me cry! You are so right ROS, what a special dog and owner. It would break my heart to have to do something like that with one of my boys, and Odie what a true hero!

When Raven (our adult male cat) has a seizure Beta does the same thing. He gets very agitated and its the only time he will come and jump on us to get our attention. Its not the same as a young man having such a serious event, but Raven is our special boy. He was born with us to a feral mom, and she took off after her litter was born. He was the last of the litter of 3, and the only one that was sickly, so we kept him. He doesn't have seizures as frequently as he did when we lived in SC but once in a while he still has them, and Beta always does the same thing. He starts barking/whining, its a difficult thing to try to describe, but its very distinct and he will run to us doing that and then jump on us if we don't pay attention.

Ironically Raven is allergic to so many different types of cat food (and even that will bring on a seizure) that after years of searching, we switched our dogs to Taste of the Wild and found that it was also the ideal for Raven who seems to crave kibble. We tried the Blue Choice cat food, we tried the raw diet, and of course we did the soft foods both for dogs and cats, but the Taste of the Wild is the one food that Raven absolutely loves. And he is the only pet that Beta shares his food bowl with.

R~O~S
08-11-2009, 01:47 PM
I don't know, I just don't know if I could be that selfless, my furbabies are part of my family. Even knowing Odie will have a good home & how good he will be for the boy & his family, I'm just not sure I could do that.

Then again, they do only live a few blocks away, I see play dates at the doggie park in both families futures.

Debb
08-11-2009, 04:13 PM
What a wonderfully touching story!!! I'm not sure I could let go of such a talented dog either, but it sounds as if the dog has a special calling.

mafitz701
08-11-2009, 04:19 PM
What a wonderfully touching story!!! I'm not sure I could let go of such a talented dog either, but it sounds as if the dog has a special calling.

Yeah sometimes fate has a way of guiding events, and Odie's calling was to be there with that family before the boy had such a serious seizure. But it would break my heart to be stuck in the position of choosing for him.

BorderCollieMom
08-13-2009, 03:32 PM
Awesome story !!! Thanks for sharing !