Dogs Saves Owner By Performing “Heimlich”

March 27, 2007 7:03 p.m. EST

Calvert, MD (AHN) – A Calvert woman credits her two-year-old golden retriever with saving her life. According to Debbie Parkhurst, 45, the dog apparently performed a canine version of the Heimlich maneuver that helped to dislodge a piece of apple stuck in her windpipe.

Recalling the Friday afternoon’s incident to Cecil Whig, Parkhurst said she was eating an apple at her home when a piece lodged in her trachea. She attempted to perform the Heimlich maneuver on herself but it didn’t help, so she began beating on her chest.

According to Parkhurst, the act attracted the canine’s attention who then pushed her to ground and began jumping up and down on her chest.

The dog’s jumping apparently managed to dislodge the choked piece from Parkhurst’s windpipe.

“Of all the dogs in the world, I never would have expected this goofy one here to know the Heimlich,” Parkhurst said of the dog she and her husband rescued from a dumpster.

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Jeanie Marie Kraft, Lic.Ac. is keeping tails wagging on the North Shore of MA with K9 acupuncture house-calls. Jeanie is also treating dogs with acupuncture at the DoggieDay Play Center in Boston.Visit FourPawsAcupuncture.com for more information.

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