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Loyal dog saves baby from abusive caregiver

Benjamin and Hope Jordan said they have their dog to thank for alerting them that something might be wrong with the babysitter who was looking after their 7-month-old child. According to a Charleston Police Department report, the Jordans said they began to suspect something was wrong after their dog growled and protected their child whenever the babysitter visited. "About 5 months into her being our babysitter, we started to notice our dog become very defensive of our son whenever she would come in the door," Benjamin told WCSC Live 5 News in South Carolina.

"He was very aggressive towards her and a few times we actually had to physically restrain our dog from going to her." The couple left an iPhone under the couch and recorded audio the next time the woman visited. What they heard made them go to police. In the audio recording, the Jordans said they heard 22-year-old Alexis Kahn swear and curse at their son Finn. They also heard noises that sounded like Finn was being slapped.

Police investigated and arrested Kahn a few weeks later and she confessed to police. According to WCSC Live 5 News, Kahn pleaded guilty to assault and battery in court on Monday. She was sentenced to at least one year in jail and will be placed on a child abuse registry, which means she is not allowed to work with children. The Jordans say Finn is doing fine and has no lingering effects from the abuse.

 

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Thread of the year.

 

[Waxed]

TORONTO - Francie, the guide dog, has saved owner Orly Shamir’s life — at least twice.
Once, Francie yanked Orly from the path of a car that blew through a light on Sheppard Ave.
Two years ago, she blocked her from toppling into an open elevator shaft.

“Go forward,” Orly repeated, not understanding why Francie was pushing back, until someone yelled, “Don’t move! The elevator’s out!”
“She’s my eyes. She’s a part of me,” says Orly, 45. “She’s been by my side for seven years. She travels with me, gets me to work, keeps me out of danger, sometimes when I don’t even realize it. I can’t imagine life without her.”

Last week, Orly had to do just that. Francie nearly died of poison. That sweet black lab, with brown eyes you could swim in, whimpered, sagged, spit up blood and crawled off to hide. “I thought I’d lost her,” Orly says. Francie was in two vet hospitals over four days.
They don’t know what caused the horrific stomach lesions and Francie’s brush with death.

You can tell from the photo that this tale has, mostly, a happy ending.
Not so much last week, at the TD Canada Trust office where Orly is a credit analyst, where she and a colleague tried to help her stricken dog and the co-worker said, “it’s bright red, Orly, it’s fresh blood.”

Orly hugged Francie and said, “You’ll be OK,” and “Good girl,” and “I love you,” things like that.
The bond between any guide dog and owner, well, you can see</i> it. Close like mother and child or synchronized swimmers or cowboy and horse.
I have known two such noble beasts: Blind busker Tagalong Paul’s dog Roadie and quadriplegic paramedic Kevin Mills’ beer-fetching lab Draco.
Orly and Francie are just as tight. When Orly says, “Let’s get coffee,” Francie leads her to the back of the line at Tim Hortons.

The past week, their roles have reversed. Orly, who has understanding bosses at TD, has stayed home, dishing out meds every two hours and schmoozing with her mending pooch.
We return to the likely scene of the crime, a path through the woods near their south Scarborough home, in my old neighbourhood.
It’s where Orly sometimes turns Francie loose for some “free time” and where she believes the frolicking dog chewed into something bad, dumped by a dumb human.
The vets say Francie’s stomach looked like it had a run-in with battery acid, but they stress they’re not sure what caused the bloody mess.

“It was something chemical, not mechanical, not an object,” says Dr. Doug Mason, a specialist who worked on Francie at the Veterinary Emergency Clinic on Yonge St.
“I don’t think it was foul play,” says Dr. Darren Honest, Francie’s regular vet at Bayview Village, “but people leave crazy stuff around.”
For instance, fertilizer, paint, medications and, yes, batteries. Before you toss that crap in the woods, think of Francie.

Until the dog fully recovers, the CNIB has sent Orly a cane, her first. She’s had five other dogs — Yoko, Harmony, Odyssey, Stella, Gwendy — since she was 22. She has retinitis pigmentosa. Her last glimpse of anything other than shadows was her own face in a mirror, a decade ago.
But she goes to work every day at 7 a.m. and has raised three boys with electrician hubby Amit. She gives motivational speeches and advocates for the disabled when they get shafted, which is often.

Which brings me to the cloud in this story’s silver lining.
The vets cut her some slack, but still Orly is buried in $6,000 in fees to save Francie.
I hope some good-hearted agency reads this. I’d be glad to hear from you.

Regular readers know I’m a libertarian and no fan of spending taxes, but health coverage for guide animals seems bloody obvious.
We send cabinet ministers around in limos, but we can’t help keep a seeing eye dog on its feet?
Makes you growl.

 

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[ZooCool]

Awesome site and good for all the helpers.

 

[Zipper]

Loyal dog saves baby from abusive caregiver

Benjamin and Hope Jordan said they have their dog to thank for alerting them that something might be wrong with the babysitter who was looking after their 7-month-old child. According to a Charleston Police Department report, the Jordans said they began to suspect something was wrong after their dog growled and protected their child whenever the babysitter visited. "About 5 months into her being our babysitter, we started to notice our dog become very defensive of our son whenever she would come in the door," Benjamin told WCSC Live 5 News in South Carolina.

"He was very aggressive towards her and a few times we actually had to physically restrain our dog from going to her." The couple left an iPhone under the couch and recorded audio the next time the woman visited. What they heard made them go to police. In the audio recording, the Jordans said they heard 22-year-old Alexis Kahn swear and curse at their son Finn. They also heard noises that sounded like Finn was being slapped.

Police investigated and arrested Kahn a few weeks later and she confessed to police. According to WCSC Live 5 News, Kahn pleaded guilty to assault and battery in court on Monday. She was sentenced to at least one year in jail and will be placed on a child abuse registry, which means she is not allowed to work with children. The Jordans say Finn is doing fine and has no lingering effects from the abuse.

Nice story. I need to change my brain dead dog.

 

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[TINY]

You have a friend, all feel good and happy post stuff.

You have a friend, all feel good and happy post stuff.

The parameters of friendship are never absolute, but it's nice when a pal gives you a sense of purpose. And when it comes to her chum Bella, Bubbles the elephant's purpose is to serve as the world's biggest playmate and most patient diving board.

The 32-year-old elephant came to South Carolina's Myrtle Beach Safari in 1983, a rescued baby from the horrible slaughter of African adult elephants by ivory hunters. When a contractor hired to build a pool at the preserve in 2007 abandoned his black Labrador there, the two animals formed an unlikely bond.

 

[Prick]

Damn you Tiny :shout:

 

[Al Bumin]

:clapping2:

 

[God]

Bravo.

 

[HOF]

;/Waving://

 

[Senor Gomes]

Praise-Bowing

 

[Transient]

Hmmmmmm




...only kidding!



:clapping2:TINY!

 

[Leo]

Wow, watching this videos gives me goose bumps.

 

[User-E]

It's such a pleasure to read threads like this that are positive, uplifting, inspirational, funny, etc.

You guys make my day, over and over again.

xo :BigHug:

 

[BEER]

Tiny I would hire you any day.

 

[Butch]

Thanks Tiny.

 

[papasmerf]

Tiny make us love an elephant

And he made it look easy