Rottielover
December 14th, 2007, 09:13 PM
THURS DECEMBER 13th 2007:
TWO family dogs are being hailed as heroes after they saved a two-year-old boy from drowning in a dam in Queensland yesterday morning.
Police said the dogs, a rottweiler cross and a staffordshire bull terrier, dragged the boy from the water after he had wandered into a neighbour's dam at Mackay on the state's central coast.
Max Hillier, 2, wandered from his Glenwood Park home, climbed under a fence and slipped into a neighbouring dam on a horse paddock.
Max had been missing for about 15 minutes as neighbours drove around desperately looking for him.
The owner of the property, Narelle Kay, found the boy lying on the embankment of the dam covered in mud with the two dogs by his side. "The dogs were halfway around the dam in a frenzied state. The brindle dog was pacing back and forth like it wanted help," she said; "The black dog was wet all over. I assume he was the one who retrieved Max out of the water. The brindle dog was making sure the boy wouldn't go back into the water."
Police said there were drag marks from the water's edge to where the boy was lying and small scratches on his arms from the dog's claws.
"We are certain the dogs pulled him out of the dam," a police spokesman said.
The dogs were calm while Mrs Kay wrapped up Max.
"It is an amazing story."
The Queensland Ambulance Service said the boy had been taken to hospital and was recovering at home last night.
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TWO family dogs are being hailed as heroes after they saved a two-year-old boy from drowning in a dam in Queensland yesterday morning.
Police said the dogs, a rottweiler cross and a staffordshire bull terrier, dragged the boy from the water after he had wandered into a neighbour's dam at Mackay on the state's central coast.
Max Hillier, 2, wandered from his Glenwood Park home, climbed under a fence and slipped into a neighbouring dam on a horse paddock.
Max had been missing for about 15 minutes as neighbours drove around desperately looking for him.
The owner of the property, Narelle Kay, found the boy lying on the embankment of the dam covered in mud with the two dogs by his side. "The dogs were halfway around the dam in a frenzied state. The brindle dog was pacing back and forth like it wanted help," she said; "The black dog was wet all over. I assume he was the one who retrieved Max out of the water. The brindle dog was making sure the boy wouldn't go back into the water."
Police said there were drag marks from the water's edge to where the boy was lying and small scratches on his arms from the dog's claws.
"We are certain the dogs pulled him out of the dam," a police spokesman said.
The dogs were calm while Mrs Kay wrapped up Max.
"It is an amazing story."
The Queensland Ambulance Service said the boy had been taken to hospital and was recovering at home last night.
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