2008.06.25
Tiny dog with a big bark
One of the editors forwarded me this story, which was posted on roanoke.com as a news tip by a reader named Dorie in Roanoke:
"My toy poodle had 6 pups that are now 5 weeks old. One tiny pup was half as small as the others at birth and according to the vet, didn't have much of a chance to live. She now weighs a just under a pound.
Yesterday I had the pups out on the patio watching them play. My sister, who just lost her daughter in a car accident, came by for a while and as she was leaving, I walked her around front.
While coming back around the side of the house, I heard a pup scream like I've never heard before. As I ran toward her I heard water splashing. The tiny screaming pup was standing beside the inground water fountain while her sister was fighting for life to get out. I reached in, grabbed the pup and her sister stopped screaming. Had it not been for the tiny pup screaming for help, her sister would have drowned.
The tiny pup not only fooled the vet, she saved her sister's life."
I'd hold on to that pup if you can, Dorie. She's obviously a good one to have around in a crisis.
The perfect name for this little dog should be "Siren"
Comment by Backlash — June 28, 2008 @ 9:01 pm