Dog Saved Owner with Heimlich Maneuver.

By Alex in Animals & Pets, Health on Mar 28, 2007 at 3:00 am

When Debbie Parkhurst, 45, was home alone and choked on an apple, her dog came to her rescue by performing a Heimlich maneuver!

“It was lodged pretty tight because I couldn’t breathe,”
she said. “I tried to do the thing where you lean over a chair and give yourself the Heimlich, but it didn’t work.”

Parkhurst said she then began beating her chest, an action that might have attracted Toby’s attention.

“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.”

Toby’s jumping apparently managed to dislodge the apple from Parkhurst’s windpipe.

“As soon as I started breathing, he stopped and began licking my face, as if to keep me from passing out,” she said.

Link – via Blue’s News


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  1. Jimbo
    Mar 28th, 2007 at 10:20 am

    Ok, how do you train a dog to do that? I can’t get mine to stop crapping in the corner. :)

  2. ted
    Mar 28th, 2007 at 11:54 am

    Sounds like he was humping her.

  3. electro^plankton
    Mar 28th, 2007 at 1:50 pm

    Psshhh, he just wanted what she was choking on.

  4. milovoo
    Mar 28th, 2007 at 4:10 pm

    “… then he drove me to the hospital and filled out the insurance forms, while I got checked out.”

    I think this might be one of those people who spends a bit too much time with their pet. It’s more likely falling backwards forced the object out, and after that danger of passing out is pretty slight once you can breathe.


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