Albany, Dec. 1, AP
Mrs. Ed Scofield credited a Chesapeake retriever dog today with saving the life of her 17-month-old son Larry.
She said the dog, owned by the family, came to her in the yard and led her to a neighbor’s fish pond. There Larry, soaking wet, was lying beside the pool.
Teeth marks on his leg indicated the dog had pulled the boy from the pool, the sides of which were too high and slick for the lad to climb, Mrs. Scofield said.
LANDSKRONA, Sweden (AP) – Chain reaction: Alex Holmstrom, a Stockholm businessman, smacked his car into a tree here when a dog ran in front of it unexpectedly. He and his wife were knocked unconscious by the impact. A woman on a bicycle just passing by witnessed the crash, went into shock and hit the same…
Have you ever noticed that our expectations for ancient man are similar to those for toddlers? Hear me out:1. They aren’t allowed to use power tools.2. They can’t be motivated by practicality.3. They must believe in Santa Claus and bogeymen under the bed. Yes, I know, it sounds weird, but let’s look at Gobekli Tepe. Discovered in 1994, this site…
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Day and night for more than 72 hours a beautiful black and white shepherd dog has kept vigil at a white post on the Pacific highway eight miles south of Salem near the Alder Springs club, Roy McIntire, who lives nearby, said Wednesday. Evidently waiting for her owner, she eats the meals McIntire feeds her…