Owner Says Dog Saved Her With "Heimlich'

Toby, a 2-year-old golden retriever, saw his owner choking on a piece of fruit and began jumping up and down on the woman's chest. The dog's owner believes the dog was trying to perform the Heimlich maneuver and saved her life.

Debbie Parkhurst, 45, of Calvert told the Cecil Whig she was eating an apple at her home Friday when a piece lodged in her throat. She attempted to perform the Heimlich maneuver on herself but it didn't work. After she began beating on her chest, she said Toby noticed and got involved.

"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."

That's when the apple dislodged and Toby started licking her face to keep her from passing out, she said.

I guess it's the 'Toby.' Whatever it was, it worked, I guess.

I should just let you lie there and choke on it, but I'm too hungry.

My border collie used to stare me down waiting for the apple core.

but I love border collies!

but she was too smart for me. Learned words I didn't try to teach her. Scary...:dunce:

My ex's border collie knew "outside". But I guess a lot of dogs do.

about deconstructionism, post-structuralism, and post-modernism so I knew she was smarter than the average graduate student I was hanging around with.

In a similar situation at a family reunion, my dog performed a crude but effective tracheotomy on my cousin using a ball point pen and a shard of glass. :thumbsup:

Very old joke.


:evilgrin:


Laura

:rofl: