Oct 22 is pitbull awareness day

you know what happens more? firefighters save people. but that's not news, apparently.

/ i have and love dogs.

Meh, probably started the fire because he really wanted to make out with that dog.

a farg and his dog

ecalcott: you know what happens more? firefighters save people. but that's not news, apparently.

/ i have and love dogs.

Maybe you should start a news site dedicated to stories about firefighters saving people? Sounds like you're quite passionate about the subject.

I teach Pet CPR & First Aid, so I am really getting a kick out of this thread!

/No, really, I do.
//Master instructor, in fact!
///Teaching my first New Zealand classes in two weeks...

Your firefighter deserves steak.

That's pretty awesome. Way to go. Some badass CPR right there, getting a could seal can't have been easy.

Pet CPR?

I think that's called 'the time to buy a new pet'.

Fett56: That's pretty awesome. Way to go. Some badass CPR right there, getting a could seal can't have been easy.

It's not as hard as you might think.

I was relieved to see that it was a Labrador. If it'd been one of those little bitty bug-eyed bags of scraggly fur that yip-yips when the wind blows, I would have had mixed feelings.

inconnu: Pet CPR?

I think that's called 'the time to buy a new pet'.

Things to do: troll

Meh, not much different that kissing a woman deeply...

Let's go ahead and get this out of the way

/too many eye irritants

Linklibranoelrose: Huck And Molly Ziegler: I was relieved to see that it was a Labrador. If it'd been one of those little bitty bug-eyed bags of scraggly fur that yip-yips when the wind blows, I would have had mixed feelings.

Your large dog that will die young gives it's applause because it won't have to live with how shiatty you treat it for much longer.

And my 15 year old Lab is getting a kick from the notion that big doggies die young and poops in its flower bed.

This firefighter kicks ass.

I did the same for my dog. She was choking on a rawhide so I performed the Hiemlich and then started rescue breathing and it worked. I stopped giving her rawhide after that.

Smoke...eyes....Oh I think I get it, it's because you were crying, right? HAHA that's so clever.

Remember, only YOU can kill this farking stupid meme.

At least I know that my dog will never die in a fire. Last time our smoke detector started beeping for a battery change he flipped out and started ramming himself against the front door. After that didn't work he ran to me with a "that sound means get the fark out of here look on his face"

Those firefighter's would have a cake delivered to their station house every week for the rest of my life if that had been my dog. 99.9% of humanity

FarkerinMN: At least I know that my dog will never die in a fire. Last time our smoke detector started beeping for a battery change he flipped out and started ramming himself against the front door. After that didn't work he ran to me with a "that sound means get the fark out of here look on his face"

My dog does that whenever we start a fire in our wood fireplace. Poor thing just becomes a basket case as we try to calm her and disregard her efforts to "rescue" us. I feel so bad at the look of panic she'll wear for half an hour until she calms down :(

I had a customer that was biatching that all his dog wanted to do was fetch sticks. Said in tones of incredulity and indignation as his Labrador Retriever was bringing back the stick.

"They found Koda in the very last room they searched, which happened to be the room that was actually on fire,'' Giese said.

Well that's all well and good, but maybe next time check the room that's ON FIRE first? You know, incase there's something dying in it while you play hide and seek in the undamaged rooms?

Fridog strikes again......allsome story

Do you know who else gives mouth-to-mouth to dogs? Chris Parnell^{^}NSFW

Happiest mouth to mouth I've seen was a dog that came in to work frozen. His owners had accidentally left him out overnight, and he got into a kiddie pool to lay down. Just enough water left in it to turn him into a pupsicle. Our tech used warming blankets, warm IV fluids and mouth to snout for two hours to revive him. They aren't dead until they're warm and dead, because cold means you still have a chance. Five hours after they brought him in, he walked out with his tail wagging. One of the strangest and most awe inspiring things I've ever seen.

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Coiled Hot 1: I did the same for my dog. She was choking on a rawhide so I performed the Hiemlich and then started rescue breathing and it worked. I stopped giving her rawhide after that.

I had to give my dog the Hielmlich too! It was years ago, and she was a little terrier that scarfed down everything. She was choking on a LivaSnap. Choking wasn't even the word - choking would have implied air was getting in her throat. It was awful...
I did it, and she puked all over me, but was fine. It scared the crap out of me.

Good thing dogs like their own puke. I did remove the LivaSnap though, and threw out the rest of the box.

C-P-arf?