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five
life-saving awards for meritorious performance, such as directing
frantic callers through CPR procedures or complicated pregnancies; but
last Monday his own life was saved by the unlikeliest candidate: "Zoey",
a 7-month-old, 100-lb. (45kg) Rottweiler puppy.
The Finger
Lakes Times reports that on Monday, August 27, Mr. Leonard was
dead asleep after having worked the Sunday second shift at the sheriff's
department. At 6:50am he was awakened by Zoey's sloppy tongue on
his face (just as effective—albeit more saturated—as an
air-raid siren).
Zoey had just been outside a few hours
before, so Mr. Leonard initially dismissed the notice and tried to
convince her to lie back down. But the persistent pooch continued
to pour it on. Reluctantly, the man got up to take her for a walk
outside.
Zoey's behavior remained highly
irregular. First she stood in the kitchen doorway and refused to
budge, and then, even after being coaxed outside with treats and praise,
she refrained from doing her usual routine. After several minutes,
Mr. Leonard called Zoey and headed back in. |
Upon reentering his West River Road
home, Mr. Leonard was immediately overcome by a noxious smell which
turned out to be Methane, an extremely flammable gas. Apparently
the gas had seeped in from the septic tank through a faulty trap in the
bathtub. Zoey had detected the odor and awakened her pal long
before the situation became threatening.
"She's my hero," says Mr.
Leonard who credits their well-being to Zoey's superhuman
atmospheric-contaminant-detection system (i.e., her snout). "She knew that it wasn't supposed to smell like that,
and was smart enough to wake me up."
Mr. Leonard is very proud of his
life-saving apprentice and plans to continue honing her special
instincts. Next up... teaching her CPR? (*shudder*)
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