Dog saves his own life by calling police

George, a two-year-old Basset Hound in West Yorkshire, England got into a predicament while his owners were gone.

He got tangled in a phone cord and began choking. Somehow he managed to dial 999, the British equivalent of 911. Hearing heavy breathing, the emergency operator dispatched four police officers to the scene.

A neighbor, Paul Walker, let the police into the home where they found George choking on the living room floor. Walker ripped the wire out to release the frantic pup.

Grateful that her dog was all right when she returned, owner Lydia Brown said,

We still don't know how he managed it. It's one of those old-fashioned phones with the dialing ring. He's not usually very smart. He's really dopey and just likes to chew socks.

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Comments

[threecollie]

Now, that is really a cool story.

[geogia little pea]

Nooooo.... ;0 it's not yet April 1 where you are, is it?

BTW, 5x7 =

[Jan]

The story really does sound like something from the Onion. If I hadn't found several versions of the story in different sources I would not have posted it. It gets harder all the time to write spoofs.

5x7 is...Thank goodness for calculators

[jackie]

dogs smarter than most people I know

[Jen]

Poor pup! I do hope he'll be all right. I do find this story to be entirely believable ^^

[PeaceBang]

I love the owner's response. "He's kind of dumb and likes to chew socks." If it had been the USA, she probably would have claimed some sort of divine intervention or said that her dog was uncommonly brilliant and dialed 999 intentionally.

[Heather]

Looks like luck was on George's side :)

[steve]

that is one lucky dog. I hope he wasn't struggling for to long, that must have sucked big time