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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsCunning Dog Alerts Rescuers to the Frigid Maine Pond Her Blind Owner Fell Into
Cunning Dog Alerts Rescuers to the Frigid Maine Pond Her Blind Owner Fell Into
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Cunning [div class="excerpt"Dog Alerts Rescuers to the Frigid Maine Pond Her Blind Owner Fell Into]
ANIMALS
2:07 PM PST, January 14, 2021 - RUTH BASHINSKY
A clever Labrador retriever's rescue skills kicked in when her blind owner fell into an icy brook in Maine and needed help. Samantha barked and wouldnt stop until rescuers arrived at the scene to save her best friend.
The 84-year-old man was apparently trying to put his four-legged friend into the dog run when she ran off, the man's son told the York County Sheriff's Office. The man then had accidentally slipped and fell into a brook, local station, WCSH reported.
The dog owner was unable to make his way out of the brook and was yelling for help while submerged in the icy waters, officials said. A woman who lives in Limington, Maine, and whose home is situated near the brook, heard the mans cries and called the York County Sheriffs Office, officials said.
When officers arrived, Samanthas barking led them to the stream where her owner was. When the officers found the elderly man his body temperature had already dropped to about 84 degrees, the sheriff's office said.
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Cunning Dog Alerts Rescuers to the Frigid Maine Pond Her Blind Owner Fell Into (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jan 2021
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luv2fly
(2,475 posts)1. Dogs rock!
And all you dog people know what I mean.
Catcar
(1,356 posts)2. If Human's had half the capacity for loyalty as a dog...
Submariner
(12,504 posts)3. This must be what heaven looks like
mysteryowl
(7,390 posts)4. So the dog caused the incident and saved the day.
Animals bring so LIFE into our lives.