CAH Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 RICHLAND, Washington (AP) -- Leana Beasley has faith that a dog is man's best friend. :happy: Faith, a 4-year-old Rottweiler, phoned 911 when Beasley fell out of her wheelchair and barked urgently into the receiver until a dispatcher sent help. Then the service dog unlocked the front door for the police officer. "I sensed there was a problem on the other end of the 911 call," said dispatcher Jenny Buchanan. "The dog was too persistent in barking directly into the phone receiver. I knew she was trying to tell me something." Faith is trained to summon help by pushing a speed-dial button on the phone with her nose after taking the receiver off the hook, said her owner, Beasley, 45, who suffers grand mal seizures. Guided by experts at the Assistance Dog Club of Puget Sound, Beasley helped train Faith herself. The day of the fall, Faith "had been acting very clingy, wanting to be touching me all day long," Beasley said Thursday. The dog, whose sensitive nose can detect changes in Beasley's body chemistry, is trained to alert her owner to impending seizures. But that wasn't what was happening on September 7, and Faith apparently wasn't sure how to communicate the problem. During Beasley's three-week hospital stay, doctors determined her liver was not properly processing her seizure medication. source: http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/10/29/canine.caller.ap/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sn1p3t Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 For a while I thought it was a joke, but WOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie` Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 in one of my classes my teacher read this story out loud, even he thought it was bs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2687 Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Truly mans (or womans :p) best friend :yes: :hug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiegel Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 dont you guys know who that dog is? it's....... DOO DOO DOOOOOO!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomis_nehc Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 nice, i love doggies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ootput Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 I wonder how they trained her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antsy Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Clever dog. My nan used to have a really clever dog, you could just teach it loads of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obiwong Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 "I sensed there was a problem on the other end of the 911 call," said dispatcher Jenny Buchanan. 584829795[/snapback] haha i'm sure she did (Y) because all 911 responders are strong with The Force :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPaul Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Amazing animal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 this unlike the 8 year old story is 100% true... Some dogs are specially trained for different funcions. If they were trained they could accually get you a pizza from the freezer, put it in your microwave, and set the time correctly. After that, put it on a plate and bring it to you. Thank god us humans are too dumb to correctly train them properly. We just train them to fetch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 dont you guys know who that dog is? it's....... DOO DOO DOOOOOO!!!! 584829810[/snapback] :rofl: hahaha (Y) i remeber dynomutt!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allfive6 Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 good doggie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calidude Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Good story. It's always nice to hear positive stuff like this. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewingum Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 hahai'm sure she did (Y) because all 911 responders are strong with The Force :laugh: 584829938[/snapback] :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Way cool dog! :happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted October 30, 2004 Veteran Share Posted October 30, 2004 infcukingcredible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanki Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Wow! Now, if that dog could also learn how to cook, clean and fetch me a beer I would never have to find a wife! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelsinho Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 good dog, I love it (Y) :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-=NoX=- Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 :shifty: hmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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