Dog Performed Heimlich Maneuver

[Rhino]

Woman Says Dog Saved Her by Performing Heimlich Maneuver

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Toby, a 2-year-old golden retriever, really is man's best friend — or in this case, woman's.

Debbie Parkhurst, a 45-year-old jewelry artist who lives in Calvert, Md., says her dog Toby saved her life last week after she began to choke on a piece of apple by giving her the Heimlich maneuver, the Cecil Whig reported....

...."The next think I know, Toby’s up on his hind feet and he’s got his front paws on my shoulders," she told the Cecil Whig. "He pushed me to the ground, and once I was on my back, he began jumping up and down on my chest."....http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,261702,00.html

[Rhino]

Wonder dog is all golden
*Woman claims pet pooch gave her the Heimlich

By Scott Goss sgoss@cecilwhig.com
Tuesday, March 27, 2007 8:23 AM EDT

....Suddenly, she said, a chunk of the fruit became wedged in her windpipe.

“It was lodged pretty tight because I couldn’t breathe,” she said. “I tried to do the thing where you lean over a chair and give yourself the Heimlich, but it didn’t work.”

Parkhurst said she then began beating her chest, an action that might have attracted Toby’s attention.

“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.”

Toby’s jumping apparently managed to dislodge the apple from Parkhurst’s windpipe.

“As soon as I started breathing, he stopped and began licking my face, as if to keep me from passing out,” she said.

A friend soon arrived and, after witnessing the canine rescue, drove Parkhurst to the doctor’s office.....http://www.cecilwhig.com/articles/2007/03/27/news/01.txt

[BuckeyeMike]

Ooooookay!

[Rhino]

Kinda strains credibility a bit, don't it?

Toby is a big boy though.

http://www.cecilwhig.com/content/articles/2007/03/27/news/01.jpg

[DeclinetoState]

This is all fine and good, but can he do CPR?

[Rhino]

Dunno, but I heard he inserted an IV last year.

[BuckeyeMike]

Lack of opposing thumbs though have given him fits with the defib paddles...hence he has yet to be certified!

[DesertFox]

Dog Performed Heimlich Maneuver

My dog barks in harmony with the neighbor's dogs.

[BEST45CAL]

Ummm...it's not the Heimlich maneuver. It's the Golden Retriever maneuver.

[DesertFox]

I heard it's been trademarked, though.

[DeclinetoState]

Don't confuse all this with the legendary Hind Lick Maneuver (http://www.snopes.com/critters/farce/hindlick.htm).

[DesertFox]

:biglaugh: