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May 12, 2012, 4:25:13 PM5/12/12
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Two stories from this week....good thing this dog wasn't leashed!!!
German shepherd hailed as hero in California
Associated Press
May 08, 2012
LOS ANGELES - Three years ago, Bear was a 100-pound Shiloh German
shepherd that nobody wanted at a Texas shelter.
Debbie Zeisler came to his rescue. She has lost count of the times
since then that he has come to hers.
On Monday, Bear was honored with the 30th National Hero Dog award by
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles.
Last May, Zeisler had a seizure, fell down some steps, hit her head,
and lost consciousness in her front yard. Bear scratched on every
front door in their Millsap neighborhood but nobody answered. A Parker
County animal-control officer saw the frantic dog and went to help.
Bear led the officer to Zeisler.
As a by-then conscious Zeisler was being loaded into an ambulance,
Bear did not hesitate to jump in with her and accompany her to the
hospital.
The dog recognizes the signs of imminent seizures and will lean on
Zeisler’s legs so she can sit down before they happen, explained the
society’s Ana Bustilloz.
Bear never had any training, but three days after Zeisler took him
home, he started alerting her to possible problems. “He figured it out
on his own,’’ Bustilloz said.
The sometimes daily seizures started after a horse riding accident 18
years ago.
Zeisler said she initially went to the Weatherford Animal Shelter to
get a German shepherd for her mother. When she asked about German
shepherds, she was told they only had one, but he was in the back
because nobody wanted him.
They brought out the dog and it was love at first sight, she said.
The ceremony honoring Bear was held at the Nokia Plaza in downtown Los
Angeles.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2012/05/07/german-shepherd-hailed-hero-california/ZGUAQBAoU0vkXZwz9RzNlN/story.html
SHIRLEY
Loyal pit bull recovering after pulling woman from path of oncoming
train
May 10, 2012
An 8-year-old pit bull was severely injured when it was hit by a train
last week while trying to rescue a woman who had collapsed on railroad
tracks in Shirley, the MSPCA Angell Animal Medical Center said. The
dog, Lilly, was adopted three years ago by Boston police Officer David
Lanteigne as a companion for his mother. A freight train engineer told
police he tried to stop when he saw a dog pulling an unconscious woman
away from the tracks near a railway crossing, the center said. The
woman, Lanteigne’s mother, was unharmed, but Lilly required several
surgeries, including leg amputation, and is recovering at Angell’s
emergency and critical care unit. Lilly is expected to recover.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/05/09/loyall-pit-bull-recovering-after-pulling-woman-from-path-oncoming-train/I5rRubmFrgYIEPNmDIHLGP/story.html
German shepherd hailed as hero in California
Associated Press
May 08, 2012
LOS ANGELES - Three years ago, Bear was a 100-pound Shiloh German
shepherd that nobody wanted at a Texas shelter.
Debbie Zeisler came to his rescue. She has lost count of the times
since then that he has come to hers.
On Monday, Bear was honored with the 30th National Hero Dog award by
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles.
Last May, Zeisler had a seizure, fell down some steps, hit her head,
and lost consciousness in her front yard. Bear scratched on every
front door in their Millsap neighborhood but nobody answered. A Parker
County animal-control officer saw the frantic dog and went to help.
Bear led the officer to Zeisler.
As a by-then conscious Zeisler was being loaded into an ambulance,
Bear did not hesitate to jump in with her and accompany her to the
hospital.
The dog recognizes the signs of imminent seizures and will lean on
Zeisler’s legs so she can sit down before they happen, explained the
society’s Ana Bustilloz.
Bear never had any training, but three days after Zeisler took him
home, he started alerting her to possible problems. “He figured it out
on his own,’’ Bustilloz said.
The sometimes daily seizures started after a horse riding accident 18
years ago.
Zeisler said she initially went to the Weatherford Animal Shelter to
get a German shepherd for her mother. When she asked about German
shepherds, she was told they only had one, but he was in the back
because nobody wanted him.
They brought out the dog and it was love at first sight, she said.
The ceremony honoring Bear was held at the Nokia Plaza in downtown Los
Angeles.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2012/05/07/german-shepherd-hailed-hero-california/ZGUAQBAoU0vkXZwz9RzNlN/story.html
SHIRLEY
Loyal pit bull recovering after pulling woman from path of oncoming
train
May 10, 2012
An 8-year-old pit bull was severely injured when it was hit by a train
last week while trying to rescue a woman who had collapsed on railroad
tracks in Shirley, the MSPCA Angell Animal Medical Center said. The
dog, Lilly, was adopted three years ago by Boston police Officer David
Lanteigne as a companion for his mother. A freight train engineer told
police he tried to stop when he saw a dog pulling an unconscious woman
away from the tracks near a railway crossing, the center said. The
woman, Lanteigne’s mother, was unharmed, but Lilly required several
surgeries, including leg amputation, and is recovering at Angell’s
emergency and critical care unit. Lilly is expected to recover.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/05/09/loyall-pit-bull-recovering-after-pulling-woman-from-path-oncoming-train/I5rRubmFrgYIEPNmDIHLGP/story.html
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