Dog Gives Owner Heimlich
An amazing story from MSNBC:
Toby, a 2-year-old golden retriever, saw his owner choking on a piece of fruit and began jumping up and down on the woman's chest. The dog's owner believes the dog was trying to perform the Heimlich maneuver and saved her life.
Debbie Parkhurst, 45, of Calvert told the Cecil Whig newspaper she was eating an apple at her home Friday when a piece lodged in her throat. She attempted to perform the Heimlich maneuver on herself but it didn't work. After she began beating on her chest, she said Toby noticed and got involved.
"The next think I know, Toby's up on his hind feet and he's got his front paws on my shoulders," she recalled. "He pushed me to the ground, and once I was on my back, he began jumping up and down on my chest."
That's when the apple dislodged and Toby started licking her face to keep her from passing out, she said.
"I literally have paw print-shaped bruises on my chest. I'm still a little hoarse, but otherwise, I'm OK," Parkhurst said.
"The doctor said I probably wouldn't be here without Toby," said Parkhurst, a jewelry artist. "I keep looking at him and saying, 'You’re amazing."'
2 comments:
I'm calling bullshit on this but I did perform the heimlich on my sister's greyhound. I was on the way home from work and my sister calls me and says that the dog is making a funny noise and she think she's choking.
I rush over there and see the dog heaving as she breathes and a wheezing sound coming out of her mouth. I began thumping on her chest and out came the piece of kibble that had lodged itself in her throat.
the dog was horny, thats all. He heimliched a fence post earlier in the day
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