Where In The World Is Carmen? England?
Since this is a dog blog, a couple times a month our boy Bo thought it would be nice to get the news through a dog’s eyes. When Bo decides to share his thoughts you’ll always see the tag Bo Knows. Okay Bo, take it from here…..
I think it’s in every dog’s nature to feel bad for those less fortunate than us. Take for instance humans.
They’ve lost the ability to live in the moment, to sniff each other (without reproach) in public and to smell a dropped piece of bacon from two cities away.
I look at them and it makes me want to weep. But then I remember where my dice used to be and I lick myself instead.
However, the following story had me in a fetal position, with a box of Kleenex after reading the beginning.
A blind pensioner with no sense of smell who knocked her gas on says she was saved by her guide dog.
Being blind isn’t a problem, but not having a sense of smell is tragic! She’d never be able to smell a hearty stew, a pile of cat poo or her closest friends! Sad indeed.
Ivy Needham, 83, accidentally knocked the gas tap on her cooker after making lunch and left it on for more than six hours.
But Mrs Needham, who is also deaf, knew nothing about the problem.
She’s deaf too?
She was lying collapsed in her arm chair at home in Belle Isle from the gas fumes, when loyal guide dog Carmen, a black curly coat retriever, woke her by tugging and eventually tearing her sleeve.
“Carmen was dragging me off the chair, trying to get me to the door, but I was so sleepy I couldn’t wake up. The dog was sick and in a panic. She definitely saved me. She’s my hero.”
Then her home helps arrived on the scene and were overwhelmed by the strong smell of gas and immediately rang 999.
“We got Ivy out straight away and turned the gas tap off, then called 999. We were really worried that something would spark an explosion as the smell of gas was so strong.”
They opened all the windows and doors to her bungalow and brought Ivy round before gas emergency services arrived.
“I want to warn other people, especially older people, to be very careful around their cooker and not to knock anything on.”
I’m always very careful around my cooker. If I’m not, she won’t feed me. Woof!
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Yes=- my person is pretty inept as well…
Thank Heavens she has me to keep her straight!!
She cannot tell time, at 5 PM dog food is to be served- she is usually pecking away on her Laptop, doing something called “working”…I have to go straight up to her and poke her with my nose, I then look towards the feeding area, after one or two repetitions she “gets” it…
Oh well, I love her anyway…
Way to go Carmen!
You want to talk about clueless humans?
When my folks adopted me, my first visit was to their yard. It was a Homeland Security disaster: squirrels, chipmunks and rabbits all over the place. Worst of all is that they didn’t care! They acted like the vermin had a right to be there.
I love people, but sometimes I just can’t understand them.