When a 9-year-old female yellow lab-chow mix was hit by a car on a busy New York City highway Thursday morning, her doggy companion ran into traffic to stand guard. The protective pooch turned out to be the injured dog’s son. The brown and tan canine would not let anyone near his mother, barking continuously at any oncoming traffic on the Major Deegan Expressway and at the police officers who arrived on the scene to help, WABC reported. Eventually, the police were able to get close enough to the hurt dog to slide her onto a sheet to transport her to an animal hospital. A vet later said she has a broken leg and possible internal bleeding, but is expected to recover. As for her loyal rescuer? After his mother was loaded into the police cruiser, the dog ran off. Police gave chase for 45 minutes and were finally able to guide him off the road at an exit ramp. The dogs’ owner — who recognized his wayward pets from news reports — says the brave boy is safe at home. The extraordinary scene snarled rush-hour traffic and was caught on tape by news helicopters. Note: The news report initially identified the hurt dog as male. Police later confirmed that she is female and the mother of the other dog.
A lifeguard dog banned from patrolling a Cornish beach because of health and safety rules is to be reinstated after hundreds of people signed a petition.
Bilbo, a Newfoundland, patrolled Sennen with his lifeguard master and got round a dog ban on the beach by sitting in an all terrain bike (ATB) during patrols.
However, the RNLI said passengers were not allowed on ATBs and banned him.
The petition succeeded in getting him classed as a legitimate working animal which exempts him from the dog ban.
The six-year-old dog, which wears a special yellow jacket and paddles out to stricken swimmers while pulling a rescue float with him, had been part of the lifeguard team at Sennen for three years.
Newfoundland dogs are well adapted to swimming because they have a double coat - with the outer layer repelling water - and webbed paws.
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