Is it REALLY true some pets have dialed 911 to save their family/owners?

Question

While it sounds beautiful, don't see how it could be realistic?!

But have heard atleast a couple of stories on this one,and you??

Answer 1

Many dogs have been able to dial 911...

actually, they've been able to Speed dial 911.

I've heard of 2 cases in my area from my brothers who are cops that said a dog called 911 and was howling on the other line.

The dog actually stepped on the 911 speed dial button with his paw after knocking over the phone when his owner had a seizure.

They're not sure how he knew to even go by the phone other than the last time she had a seizure, someone picked up the phone and called an ambulance.

There was also a dog who bit an elderly woman's life alert.

its believed whenever she had issues, she would cling to her life alert...

Its like my dog. He loves to stick his head out the window when driving, and if I think its too cold, and keep it closed, he'll push on the button to open the window. He saw me do it enough times to know what the button was for.

Its not that hard to believe, if a dog can learn and retain the word "Fetch" and what it means, or "sit" and the action that goes with it...

it can't be hard to think a dog would remember how to bite on a life alert button if he's seen someone do it once or twice, when his owner's in trouble.

Also

Many medical dogs are trained to do so when their owners are in trouble.

Answer 2

I don't think it happened at this point of life atm, but it's possible. Somewhere in the states last month, a elderly women was trapped inside her house with blazing fires inside the house. She was a disabled women, she had had a professionally trained golden retriever trained to get the phone incase of an emergency. The dog got the phone to her but the dog did not call 911, however the dog risked her life to save her owner's life so it is possible

Answer 3

Of course they can't DIAL 911. But dogs can be taught to push a button. If 911 is on speed dial and the dog pushes the button, help will arrive. What I don't know is how the dog knows WHEN to push the button, unless the human tells him to. I guess it might be possible to teach a dog to push a certain button if he sees a human laying on the floor...

Answer 4

Well...this didn't really help my grandparents but once they had a cockatoo and my grandad came home from work but he forgot his key and the cockatoo heard and thought it was a burglar and dialled 111 (911). then the police came and when the cockatoo saw my grandad being taken away he attacked the police.

Answer 5

Don't you watch the news? Yes its true, but i don't know if i really believe they knew what they were dialing. Dogs can't be that smart.

Answer 6

REALLY true!

"ORLANDO, Fla. - A 17-pound beagle named Belle is more than man’s best friend. She’s a lifesaver.

Belle was in Washington, D.C., on Monday to receive an award for biting onto owner Kevin Weaver’s cell phone to call 911 after the diabetic man had a seizure and collapsed.

“There is no doubt in my mind that I’d be dead if I didn’t have Belle,” said Weaver, 34, whose blood sugar had dropped dangerously low. Belle had been trained to summon help in just those circumstances. She had been taught to bite down on the number 9 on his cell phone contacting 911."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13439261/

"COLUMBUS, Ohio - Police aren't sure how else to explain it. But when an officer walked into an apartment Thursday night to answer a 911 call, an orange-and-tan striped cat was lying by a telephone on the living room floor. The cat's owner, Gary Rosheisen, was on the ground near his bed having fallen out of his wheelchair.

Rosheisen said his cat, Tommy, must have hit the right buttons to call 911.

"I know it sounds kind of weird," Officer Patrick Daugherty said, unsuccessfully searching for some other explanation.

Rosheisen said he couldn't get up because of pain from osteoporosis and ministrokes that disrupt his balance. He also wasn't wearing his medical-alert necklace and couldn't reach a cord above his pillow that alerts paramedics that he needs help.

Daugherty said police received a 911 call from Rosheisen's apartment, but there was no one on the phone. Police called back to make sure everything was OK, and when no one answered, they decided to check things out.

That's when Daugherty found Tommy next to the phone.

Rosheisen got the cat three years ago to help lower his blood pressure. He tried to train him to call 911, unsure if the training ever stuck.

The phone in the living room is always on the floor, and there are 12 small buttons — including a speed dial for 911 right above the button for the speaker phone.

"He's my hero," Rosheisen said."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10663270/

"Oprah featured a story on an English Rottweiler, named Faith, who was trained to detect changes in her owner's body chemistry as an early warning sign that another epileptic seizure was about to happen. Leana, Faith's owner, reports that one night after she went to bed, her pet companion refused to let her sleep. Realizing that Faith sensed a problem, Leana got up from bed.

Moments later, while making herself a hot drink in the kitchen, Leana passed out, hitting her head on a cabinet in a grand mal seizure. Faith, realizing her owner was in deep trouble, ran for the phone, pressing speed dial for 911, using her nose. When the 911 operator answered, she was surprised to hear the incessant barking of Faith on the other end.
"The dog's barking was very insistent," says operator Jenny Buchanan. "It sounded like it was trying to say that there was some sort of a problem...I checked to see what the address was and we sent officers out to see what the problem was."

The phone call completed, Faith managed to unlock the front door to allow paramedics to easily enter the house. She then laid down next to her owner, offering Jenny her love and comfort until help arrived.

Another faithful companion was featured in the Washington Post. It seems that Belle - - a beagle - - was trained to check her diabetic owner's blood sugar levels by sniffing his breath. Once, when her beloved companion fell unconscious, Belle sprang into action dialing the number 9 for help, with her teeth. She somehow knew that the phone was programmed to recognize the number 9 as a distress call for 911.

Ambulance workers who answered the emergency call reported hearing nothing on the other end but the frantic barking of a dog. Assuming the owner to be in trouble, paramedics traced the call to find the address and rescue the ill owner.

"I am convinced that if Belle wasn't with me that morning, I wouldn't be alive today," Mr. Weaver said. "
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/194760/your_dog_may_just_save_your_life.html

Answer 7

no