Snake bites rescue dog protecting 7-year-old Florida girl
May 13, 2016 7:03 PM
Haus, a German shepherd, recovers from three snakebites at a pet hospital in Tampa, Fla., on Friday. “It shows you that a rescue dog, for us, paid it forward by protecting my family,” said Adam DeLuca of Tampa. Tamara Lush - The Associated Press
By TAMARA LUSH
The Associated Press
TAMPA, Fla. —
When a venomous Eastern diamondback rattlesnake appeared in the backyard of a 7-year-old girl, her German shepherd came to her rescue, refusing to back down even when the snake bit him three times. ... In short, Haus is a hero.
“It shows you that a rescue dog, for us, paid it forward by protecting my family,” said Adam DeLuca of Tampa.
Now hundreds of donors are coming to the family’s rescue, quickly topping the goal of $15,000 Friday on a GoFundMe account to help pay for the antivenin needed to keep the dog alive. By Friday afternoon, $35,000 had been raised for the dog’s care.
Haus is still recovering in the intensive care unit of Tampa’s Blue Pearl Emergency Veterinary and Specialty Hospital, and is being treated with antivenin and painkillers, said Dr. John Gicking.
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for Haus.
May he recover soon!
I have 4 dogs. One of them, my boxer Bandit, would trudge through hell and back with me. A rescue dog that we got, named Moxie, would let me know a burgler was in the house as she was running out the back door. My chihuahua, Peanut wouldn't give two shits unless you messed with his food. Lastly, my Maltese, Bell short for Belginum Gilligan Waffle jr., probably set the whole robbery in the first place.
Moxie, our rescue dog, is half boxer and half hound. Some asshole left her locked in a bathroom in an apartment after they moved. She was 2 months old at the time. The landlord didn't find her for 3 days and she was almost on her deathbed. She still won't go into a bathroom, and is still very skittish, but she loves hopping up beside me and letting me rub on her ears like a blanket wooby. 
Yep, mine has to eat in our bedroom at dinner time. Not just because he gets pissy when the other dogs go near his food, but because we have him on a special diet as well to help him loose weight. Lol he was 19lbs but we got him down to 11lbs now.
Many hugs to Haus; you 'done' good.
Dogs are my favorite people. And now off to find that GoFundMe page.
- No, I don't "Sprechen Sie Deutsch".
- Maybe just one word? Kaputt?
....
- But who screened you? Great American hero, from Cleveland, Ohio, enlisted right after Pearl Harbor. When was Pearl Harbor, or don't you know?
- December 7th, '41.
- What time?
- Six o'clock. I was having dinner.
- Six o'clock in Berlin. They were having lunch in Cleveland.
- Am I boring you, boys?
- Go on.
- He's a Nazi, Price is! For all I know, his name is Preissinger or Preisshoffer.
Dial up warning" http://www.steveandmarta.com/tzcon2004.htm
Snip: William Schallert was stumped by the first shot we gave him, which was from "The High and the Mighty," and he said "My God, that's Regis Toomey!" in the shot with him. He talked about William Wellman, who directed the film, and Richard Erdman, who was sitting next to Mr. Schallert, told us about his own encounter with Wellman, which broke Wellman's thumb and got Erdman in a lot of trouble. He didn't remember the "Thriller" episode shot I had him sign, with Ed Nelson in the shot, but said it had to be him because it was his lousy posture.
Richard Erdman on the right. He is still working.
I spent a day with his daughter Virginia Holden Gaines and her husband as their guide of Omaha: http://www.omahafilmevent.com/past/kwai1.htm
