'Annoying' dog saves owner's life
The NZ Herald writes that Col Sheehan has survived a brush with death - and he thanks dog for that:
"The dog annoyed the hell out of me - he was licking my face and carrying on, there was no way I was going to get any rest - he just wouldn't give up either," Mr Sheehan said. "He was carrying on like something was wrong - and he was right."
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"So on the way past I picked up the phone and called the medical centre."
Mr Sheehan was ordered to waste no time in getting to the doctor, and following an examination was sent straight through to Christchurch Hospital. There he underwent surgery to have stents implanted in his heart to keep the arteries open and restore the blood flow.
Such dogs are only for those who can afford spurious continual registration and license fees?