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 (MSNBC) Thanks to Chi Chi's warning, his owners rescued two elderly women from a riptide. Chi Chi later was voted Reader's Digest's Hero Pet of the Year.
Chihuahua Saves Elderly Women from Drowning
APRIL 29, 2010Laura T. Coffey, MSNBCChihuahuas are known for being tiny, adorable and, in some cases, a little yappy. In October 2008, one 13-pound Chihuahua named Chi Chi yipped and yapped so hysterically that he couldn't be ignored.His owners, Rick and Mary Lane, had taken Chi Chi with them to the beach on North Carolina's Outer Banks. The diminutive doggie was resting in his own beach chair (and restrained with a leash) when he suddenly went berserk. "He leapt out of his beach chair, still attached, dragging the beach chair, and he started sending out an alarm," Mary Lane said. "He was making a sound we never heard before. Rick said, 'Hey, what's the matter with the dog?'"Chi Chi had spotted something horrible happening about 100 yards down the beach. "There was a storm surge, and there were two elderly ladies -- one had fallen on her back headfirst into the surf," Mary Lane said. "The other lady ... was trying to hold her head up, and she was in danger of being washed out."Thanks to Chi Chi's warning, the Lanes rescued the women from the riptide. Chi Chi later was voted Reader's Digest's Hero Pet of the Year.
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Reproduced with permission of MSNBC, from Man's best friends: 11 animals who saved human lives by Laura T. Coffey, April 2010, permission conveyed through Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.
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