dachshund gets help from neighbor after owner collapses

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Next door neighbor Charles Mitchell, right, has a conversation with Missy the dachshund while she sits with her owner, Charles Burdon. -- Marcus Larson / News-Register
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Dog seeks help from neighbor after owner collapses

Monday, August 9, 2010

(08-09) 12:22 PDT Yamhill, Ore. (AP) --

A small dog who refused to return home until a neighbor followed her helped rescue her owner after he collapsed at home following heart surgery. Charles Mitchell said he was working in his yard last week in the Oregon wine country town of Yamhill when an 11-year-old dachshund named Missy scampered up and refused to leave.

Mitchell told the dog to go home, but she refused, and when he decided to follow her across the street to investigate, he found his neighbor, Charlie Burdon, had collapsed inside his home.

The police chief arrived with paramedics, Burdon was taken to the hospital. Burdon suffered an attack of vertigo and is recovering.

But Burdon and Mitchell, who have known each other for years, both said Missy is their hero.


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[Blue Owl]

1. K&R

Dog bless 'em!

[joeybee12]

2. Aw, good doggie!

[Solly Mack]

3. Awwww. My dachshund would just sit and chew on my hair if I ever collapsed

in front of him. He's not a stupid dog ...he's just really into chewing my hair.

[Mojorabbit]

4. Mine would whine

wondering why I wasn't responding with a scratch RIGHT NOW. :)

[Solly Mack]

5. LOL! Damn lovable dogs!

[RockaFowler]

6. Mine would cry

If we aren't giving them our full attention, they will all cry. I have 3 of them. I can see the oldest doing this, but the other 2 would just sit and cry.

[Solly Mack]

7. They do love to have all the attention! I just told my little one about

the hero dachshund in the story and he backed away from me and began telling me off as only a dachshund can do.

[RockaFowler]

8. You mean like this??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGarDdxwPO4

Jasmine just loves to tell us when she wants to eat

[Solly Mack]

9. A lot like that, yes. Your babies are adorable!!!!

[Dappleganger]

17. Ha! My two dapple doxies would run to the neighbors...

who keep a special jar of dog biscuits for wayward weenie dogs.

[Solly Mack]

18. Teehee!!

Treats are very important to them. My little fellow will walk to the treat cabinet and scratch whenever he feels he's done something treat worthy...which is everything he does to his thinking.

[LostinVA]

10. The children's author Beverly Cleary is from Yamhill

[X_Digger]

11. Our doxies know when one of us is sick.

This doesn't surprise me in the least.

[frebrd]

12. K&R!!

[Bitwit1234]

13. It never fails to amaze you the devotion and smartness of dogs

Cats too. When I feel down and have a bad day and curl up in bed, the next thing I know here comes my cat. My son rescued him from under a piling when he was no more than about 4 weeks old. He is very skittish and runs like a maniac when he sees my son coming. But he cuddles in bed with me licks my face nips my arms and when I pet him and snuggle a while he crawls down to the foot of the bed and lays across my feet til I doze. Other times he ignores me, it is only when I am feeling bad he comes to my side.

[Loki]

14. My security on the job

[xchrom]

15. Dachsies are the Teh Awesome. Good girl Missy! Nt

[roguevalley]

16. they are t=rexes. I have three left from five and they are my life.

[SeattleGirl]

19. Good job, Missy!

Good job! :loveya: