Family dog saves boy from Cougar attack

[vanillasugar]

CBC News - British Columbia - Boy calls dog who fought off cougar his 'guardian'

And it sounds like the dog will even be okay!

 

[Gguevara]

Beat me to posting this /shakefist. Glad their dog is going to be fine.

 

[Amanda885]

heard about this yesterday... what a heroic dog! wow. glad the dog and boy ended up ok! that dog surely deserved lots of love and medals!

 

[BostonBanker]

I want to beat those people with a stick though. One article (not sure if it was this one) said they sent the dog to a friend to recover because "What are we supposed to do? The vet is an hour away!". Umm, your dog just fought off a cougar to protect your kid, and you can't drive it an hour to the VET???

 

[TexasRanger]

Maybe since the friend is closer to the vet, if the dog has complications, like infection/blood poisoning/shock, the dog can receive medical attention quicker.

 

[bubbatd]

^^^ that's what I was thinking ...or hoping .

 

[Xandra]

Huh. I heard on our news station that the vet said the dog is being "fostered" by another family while it recovers because the dog has a heart murmur and the vet doesn't want to overexcite it or something like that.

Wonderful dog at any rate.

 

[LittleBigDog]

Hope that good dog recovers with no complications. I can see with the snow at this time of year that being close to the vet is a big advantage. Where I live now we are a long haul from an animal ER and specialists, and I realized I never appreciated the convenience I had before.

 

[BostonBanker]

Well that's all nicer than what I was thinking. The way it was written, it sounded like "the vet is so far away, our friend is just going to treat it himself".

Clearly I have become a bit cynical.