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applegrove

(118,665 posts)
Wed Jan 22, 2020, 04:55 PM Jan 2020

Good boy alerts rescuers to suspected dognapping

Good boy alerts rescuers to suspected dognapping

Amanda Pfeffer · CBC News · Posted: Jan 22, 2020 11:35 AM ET | Last Updated: 15 minutes ago

Who's a good boy? Pet store employees became suspicious when the couple he was with didn't seem to know basic information about him. (Claudine Richard/Radio-Canada)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/vango-helped-in-his-own-rescue-after-dognapping-1.5435671

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A five-month-old Australian shepherd named Vango may have had a paw in his own rescue when he alerted staff at a Gatineau, Que., pet store to his suspected dognapping.

According to Yves Jodoin, a staff member and dog trainer at Au Royaume des Animaux, Vango entered the store Monday with a couple that normally came in to buy cat food.

"The dog was barking, the dog was poking and he really wanted my attention," Jodoin said.

Jodoin said he immediately became suspicious when the couple didn't seem to know basic information about the dog — his exact age, whether he'd been sterilized, what kind of food he ate and how much they'd paid for him.  

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Good boy alerts rescuers to suspected dognapping (Original Post) applegrove Jan 2020 OP
Ha! They thought that they were safe because he couldn't talk. Collimator Jan 2020 #1
Smart puppy. One of the smartest breeds, I think. I wonder if he recognized applegrove Jan 2020 #2

applegrove

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2. Smart puppy. One of the smartest breeds, I think. I wonder if he recognized
Wed Jan 22, 2020, 05:10 PM
Jan 2020

the staff person who trained him. Probably by smell.

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