Lab helps save toddler from backyard pool
A Michigan mom says she’d only turned her back for a few seconds when she noticed here 14-month-old son had disappeared.
She rushed to the other side of her house to see her son Stanley in the swimming pool, and Bear, her black labrador retriever beside him, struggling to keep the boy’s head above water.
“We all believe that if it wasn’t for Bear he would have sunk down,” Patricia Drauch told the Sturgis Journal. “It was incredible to see Bear holding him up like that.”
Drauch said her son was unresponsive when removed from the water. Unable to get a cell phone signal, she took him to the Marcellus Fire Department Sunday afternoon. On the way to the hospital, Stanley regained consciousness. He was found to be in good condition and later released.
Drauch said she has had Bear since he was a puppy.
“I’ve always told him (Bear), that these are his babies and he has to watch over them,” she said.
Drauch said she realizes the outcome could have been much worse.
“Don’t leave your kids outside alone no matter what age. Keep your eyes on them at all times,” she said. “It only takes a second.”
(Photo: Sturgis Journal)
Posted by jwoestendiek June 27th, 2012 under Muttsblog.
Tags: accident, animals, bear, black, boy, dogs, lab, labrador, labrador retriever, michigan, mother, patricia drauch, pets, pool, protection, rescues, retriever, saves, security, stanley, swimming pool, toddler
Comment from Miss Jan
Time June 28, 2012 at 12:10 pm
Um. Mom claimed she “only turned her back for a few seconds” but then admits she “rushed to the other side of her house”?? a disconnect here! Unless her house is super tiny she turned her back for more than a few seconds. AND if she had a toddler why was the toddler out by the pool without adult supervision RIGHT THERE?? Or the pool enclosed? Sounds like Mom was really, really stupid and maybe should not be in charge of ANY living thing much less a child! “Unable to get a cell phone signal”? If the area doesn’t have reliable cell service then as a parent of a young child she needs to get a landline. *head desk, head desk* WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE THESE DAYS! This country is becoming the absolute poster child for the DEATH OF COMMON SENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!