toddlers best friend saves life

Toddler's best friends save him from drowning
Thursday Dec 13 19:00 AEDT
By Wade O'Leary
ninemsn

The old adage that dogs are man's best friend can now be extended to young boys after a Queensland toddler was apparently saved from drowning by his family's pets after he fell into a dam.

The two-year-old had wondered off away from his home at Andergrove, north of Mackay, at around 11am and into a neighbouring property about 300m down the road.

It is believed the family pets — a Rottweiler cross and a Staffordshire bullterrier — followed him to the dam on the property.




Sergeant Eric Close of Mackay police station told ninemsn the toddler apparently fell into the dam before being rescued by the dogs.

"The boy was found covered in mud with both of the dogs beside him," he said.

"He also had several scratches and abrasions on his arms that were consistent with the dogs dragging him out of the dam."

"If that's what actually happened, then it's quite remarkable."

The boy was taken with his mother to Mackay Base Hospital, from where he was released in good health after a check-up and a wash.

fab publicity for the breeds involved!

and great to see stories like this... he's a lucky boy!

I was going to say the same, would have been fantastic if it had been any dog but for the two breeds here brilliant news!
Lucky little boy.
Becky

its true when we say we always hear about the bad things but not the good from our dogs !! every one should see this , great stuff

What a lovely story and its so good to see these breeds getting some positive publicity for a change.

Really nice story

what a lovely story, thanks for posting.
what a lucky little boy!

Fabulous story re these two bredds soooooo great to see.
Can I just say.....bragging now.....my son has a border collie called poppy, and last year she recieved an award because a young boy was in the lake and got into trouble...Poppy went in and he held her collar and she brought him out......what a girl. My son overwhelmed because he didn't even see the boy she did this by her own instincts and Steven didn't know what was going on until he spotted the lad just as Poppy had got to him.......so full marks to all these type of dogs.

Yay!! A great story and even better, good publicity for the breed of dogs that did the rescue

That is good news and like everyone said i thought the same really good news for the breeds makes a nice change to hear something nice about those dogs because they are a lovely breed