Dogs saved Toddler's life
Dogs saved Toddler's life
by egar on Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:01 pm
Tank and Muck
TWO family dogs are being hailed as heroes - and may receive bravery awards - after they saved a two-year-old boy from drowning in a dam at a property near Mackay yesterday morning.
Police said the dogs, a Rottweiler cross and a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, dragged the boy from the water after he had wandered on to a neighbouring property's dam.
Full story here: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0...75-3102,00.html
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Re: Dogs saved Toddler's life
by driftervin on Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:04 pm
i wonder will that make front page news like the bad press???i highly doubt it.
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Re: Dogs saved Toddler's life
by Scott on Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:30 am
allways nice to here good news like that.....
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Re: Dogs saved Toddler's life
by Pinky on Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:18 pm
AWESOME!
Unfortunately, negative press always overshadows positive press. Americans are drawn to accidents, injury, etc. (that's why we have rubber-neckers)
What helps is this: Send a letter to the editor of the local newspaper regarding the article. State (nicely) how you feel that this type of story should be put in the same place as a negative story would.
I believe that if the press is overwhelmed with owners who put the reporters "in their places", they may see our side.
Unfortunately, negative press always overshadows positive press. Americans are drawn to accidents, injury, etc. (that's why we have rubber-neckers)
What helps is this: Send a letter to the editor of the local newspaper regarding the article. State (nicely) how you feel that this type of story should be put in the same place as a negative story would.
I believe that if the press is overwhelmed with owners who put the reporters "in their places", they may see our side.
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Re: Dogs saved Toddler's life
by Jay on Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:36 pm
driftervin wrote:i wonder will that make front page news like the bad press???i highly doubt it.
^^ So true.
Glad it wasnt my dog there, he hates water so much he wont even go in the bath and scared of his own water bowl
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Re: Dogs saved Toddler's life
by driftervin on Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:40 pm
Jay wrote:driftervin wrote:i wonder will that make front page news like the bad press???i highly doubt it.
^^ So true.
Glad it wasnt my dog there, he hates water so much he wont even go in the bath and scared of his own water bowl
my 2 are the same they will go in the water as deep as there legs n thats it.
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