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Posted by tatgirl on Aug-23-2008 10:36:

A pretty amazing dog story

Dog protected abandoned newborn, doctors say

(CNN) -- A dog sheltered a newborn baby abandoned by its 14-year-old mother in a field in rural Argentina until the boy was rescued, a doctor said Friday.

A resident of a rural area outside La Plata called police late Wednesday night to say that he had heard the baby crying in a field behind his house.

The man went outside and found the infant lying beside the dog and its six newborn puppies, Daniel Salcedo, chief of police of the Province of Buenos Aires, told CNN.

The temperature was a chilly 37 degrees, Salcedo said.

The dog had apparently carried the baby some 50 meters from where his mother had abandoned him to where the puppies were huddled, police said.

"She took it like a puppy and rescued it," Salcedo said. "The doctors told us if she hadn't done this, he would have died."

"The dog is a hero to us."

Dr. Egidio Melia, director of the Melchor Romero Hospital in La Plata, told CNN that police showed up at the hospital at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday with the baby who doctors say was only a few hours old.

Though the infant had superficial scratches and bruises and was bleeding from his mouth, he was in good shape, Melia said.

The next morning, the child's mother was driven by a neighbor to the hospital and told authorities the 8 pound, 13 ounce infant is hers, Melia said.

The teenager was immediately given psychological treatment and was hospitalized, he said. She has said little about the incident.

The child has been transferred to a children's hospital in La Plata, 37 miles from Buenos Aires.

Posted by rabbitjoker on Aug-23-2008 12:06:

I like dogs.

Posted by barbina on Aug-23-2008 12:16:

just saw this on cnn
crazyyy
cute puppup though

Posted by waynoinsano on Aug-23-2008 13:43:

AWW!!!! i love my dogs. all 4 of them lol.

Posted by Nicolas Oliver on Aug-23-2008 14:26:

Yay!!!

Posted by Superstring on Aug-23-2008 23:59:

dogs > humans (sometimes)

- Funky

Posted by VDub on Aug-24-2008 00:23:

Nice story...

Posted by activate on Aug-24-2008 01:56:

too bad the dude showed up when he did. another 30 minutes and the dog would have eaten the baby.

Posted by Jem_hadar on Aug-25-2008 23:09:

quote:
Originally posted by activate
too bad the dude showed up when he did. another 30 minutes and the dog would have eaten the baby.

Posted by chinamon on Aug-26-2008 00:27:

quote:
Originally posted by Superstring
dogs > humans (sometimes)

- Funky

come on.. you can come up with a more intelligent statement than that.. cant you?

Dogs > Cats (sometimes)
the other times it is Cats > Dogs.

Posted by FunkyCrew on Aug-26-2008 01:45:

quote:
Originally posted by chinamon
come on.. you can come up with a more intelligent statement than that.. cant you?

Dogs > Cats (sometimes)
the other times it is Cats > Dogs.

did you even think about my statement or just decided to come up with something smartass as always?

what I mean in this case - a newborn is abandoned by her own mother, only to be rescued by another mother (dog)

Posted by English Rachel on Aug-26-2008 13:12:

Wow! YEY DOGGIES!!!!!

I prefer most animals to humans, that's no secret.

Posted by Jem_hadar on Aug-26-2008 14:06:

quote:
Originally posted by English Rachel
I prefer most animals to humans, that's no secret.

It's a sad reflection on humanity though.

Posted by Nicolas Oliver on Aug-26-2008 14:18:

Humans are a species of the genus Animal