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LITTLE FALLS,
N. J. (USA) — Little Falls emergency teams typically
respond to a few thousand calls per year, protecting over 13,000 human
residents. But this month was the first time they had a chance
to apply their life-saving CPR expertise on a dog. The
North
Jersey Record reports that the Little Falls Fire
Department battled a Dec. 1 house fire on Haines Place.
Homeowner David Smith and his 4-year-old son, Ian, managed to escape
unharmed. But the family's pets, a Pug dog and two cats,
remained trapped in the home as flames consumed the lower floor. Mr.
Smith told rescuers that the confused Pug had panicked and bolted
straight for the basement. Firefighter Nick Brown describes,
"He kept saying to me, 'My dog is in the house.' "
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Wags prepares to demonstrate
mutt-to-mouth resuscitation. With
dog breath like that, who
needs ammonium carbonate?
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Nick and his fellow firefighters, Tom DeFrancisci and Jim
Docherty, entered the structure and kicked open the basement door
where they found the dog lying motionless in a puddle of water that
had accumulated as the fire was being put out. The two cats
were never found, the Record reports. At first, it seemed
to be a total loss. The dog had been breathing faintly but
stopped once he was taken outside. "I thought he was
dead," says firefighter DeFrancisci. But rescuers wasted no
time in initiating the same revival procedures they perform on all
victims. Jim Docherty initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation
while police arrived with oxygen tanks. Then Officer John Conti
took over. "I did it exactly like I would a baby,"
Says Officer Conti. "We weren't even sure it was going to
work, but we gave it our best shot." (See
"How to Do CPR on
a Dog") After
lying dead for five minutes, the pooch started breathing again, much
to the shock and delight of the Smiths, bystanders and soon all of
Little Falls, which hailed the men as celebrities. Says Officer
Conti, "You do CPR on people all the time and no one thanks
you. But you save a dog, and you're the town hero." 
CPR? That's easy. Let's see you try the Heimlich
maneuver on this pup.
This is "Hapa",
a nine-year-old, male Pug who was abandoned because he "was
getting old". Adopt him from the Little
Shelter Animal Rescue (New York), or check out Petfinder
- Pugs to see more shelter sweeties in North America.
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While dogs seldom have a problem with
running up to strange humans and slurping away, most humans are not sure
of when it's OK to reciprocate the gesture.
Therefore, we'd like to present another Scoop
Top
8 List, for those who are in need of guidance. We now
present...
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The Top 8 Reasons to
Stick Your Mouth on a Dog |
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Giving CPR.
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Receiving CPR. (Hey, just be glad
it's a dog and not an octopus.)
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According to last
month's DogsInTheNews.com, dog saliva has been
found to possess certain anti-bacterial properties. And Listerine is
just way too expensive these days...
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It's the quickest way to make all
the non dog
lovers get up and leave the room.
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While suffering from post-Halloween candy
withdrawal, you meet your neighbor's new Chocolate Lab, and you kinda lose
your head there for a minute.
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Is it really true that, in the
dead of winter, your tongue will get stuck? Hmm...
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Oh no! Here comes Crazy Aunt Maude
with a big, fat Christmas kiss. Better think fast.
and the
#1 Reason to Stick Your Mouth on a Dog is...
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It's the best remedy for chapped
lips
(keeps you from licking them).
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