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I read an emotional story in this morning's paper about a man who adopted a large, six year old German Shepard at a no-kill shelter in September.
"Myers is retired and lives alone. He felt lonesome and scared after he came down with covid-19 early on during the pandemic last March, he said. I decided it would be a good idea to get a dog after all the time I’d sat in my house by myself...”
This shelter and the previous shelters had difficulty placing her, thinking she might be aggressive. The gentleman, Mr. Myers, heard about Sadie. He went to meet her, and this turned to be a great - and life-saving - match.
"In December, when Myers came down with covid-19 a second time (doctors told him that he’d been exposed to a new variant), he said Sadie stayed by his side in bed until he felt better.
"Weeks later, he stood up in the night to walk to the restroom and his legs buckled. Myers’s doctor later told him that his stroke was brought on by blood clots due to covid-19."
He couldn't get to his cellphone, but somehow that dog knew. The man was able to grab onto her collar and Sadie pulled him, inch by inch, to his dresser where he was able to reach up and get it. His doctors later told him he would have died if he hadn't been able to get help. Here he today, recovered:
I have read several similar stories this year, and each time I think about when one of my dogs in the past and present have been there for me and for people I know, some here on PF. The human-canine connection never ceases to amaze me. A service dog is worth it's weight in gold, but the untrained, unintentional service dogs are very much a gift too.
Do you have any experiences with your poodle or other dog, trained or not, that you would like share?
"Myers is retired and lives alone. He felt lonesome and scared after he came down with covid-19 early on during the pandemic last March, he said. I decided it would be a good idea to get a dog after all the time I’d sat in my house by myself...”
This shelter and the previous shelters had difficulty placing her, thinking she might be aggressive. The gentleman, Mr. Myers, heard about Sadie. He went to meet her, and this turned to be a great - and life-saving - match.
"In December, when Myers came down with covid-19 a second time (doctors told him that he’d been exposed to a new variant), he said Sadie stayed by his side in bed until he felt better.
"Weeks later, he stood up in the night to walk to the restroom and his legs buckled. Myers’s doctor later told him that his stroke was brought on by blood clots due to covid-19."
He couldn't get to his cellphone, but somehow that dog knew. The man was able to grab onto her collar and Sadie pulled him, inch by inch, to his dresser where he was able to reach up and get it. His doctors later told him he would have died if he hadn't been able to get help. Here he today, recovered:
I have read several similar stories this year, and each time I think about when one of my dogs in the past and present have been there for me and for people I know, some here on PF. The human-canine connection never ceases to amaze me. A service dog is worth it's weight in gold, but the untrained, unintentional service dogs are very much a gift too.
Do you have any experiences with your poodle or other dog, trained or not, that you would like share?