Mann gives dog kiss of life

A prison officer in Worchester, England saved his dying sniffer dog by giving him the kiss of life.

Handler Steve Tugwell, 42, leapt into action when he saw his Welsh springer spaniel Frodo lying unconscious, reports The Sun.

Frodo had been play-fighting with fellow sniffer dog Patch when Patch’s jaws became entangled in Frodo’s collar and it choked him. Frodo appeared lifeless when Tugwell hacked off the collar with a knife.

He removed Frodo’s tongue, which had turned purple, aside, formed a cone with his hands, and blew three times down the dog’s throat.

Tugwell, who works at Long Lartin prison said: “He looked a goner. I pulled the tongue to one side, made a cone with my hands, and used the little finger of one of them to place across Frodo’s nostrils.

I blew three times down the cone and my amazement I saw Frodo’s rib cage started to move. It wasn’t pleasant – Frodo’s mouth was horrible smelly – but it saved his life and I wouldn’t hesitate to do it again.”

The two-year-old dog is already back on duty.

Source: Bangkok Post – Thailand, 11-9-2007
Collected by Antoni P. Uni, Thailand 11-9-2007