Lucky George

This is an amazing story of a very lucky Basset hound called George. 

An emergency operator in England received a strange call and all she could hear on the other end was choking and deep breathing noises. Emergency workers responded to the home where the call came from. 

They were let into the house by a neighbor so that they could find and help whoever it was in distress. They started searching the house. The neighbor walked into the living room and realized that it wasn't a human who had called. It was George, the Basset hound, and he was in trouble. He'd gotten tangled in the phone cord. It was around his neck, and he was choking.

Lucky George somehow had managed to dial for emergency help (999 in England). Thankfully, the emergency workers were able to get in and they helped him free from the phone. If he hadn't dialed emergency, he probably would have died!

His owner Lydia said, "We still don't know how he managed it. He's not usually very smart. He's really dopey and just likes to chew socks." 

Has your pet ever done something to save either himself or you from danger? (photo from bigstockphoto.com)

--Tammy