Dog Calls 911 After Owner Has Seizure
 

PHOENIX (AP) - "Man's best friend" doesn't go far enough for Buddy?a German shepherd who remembered his training and saved his owner's life by calling 911 when the man had a seizure.

And it's not the first time Buddy has been there for owner Joe Stalnaker, a police officer said Sunday.

On a recording of the 911 call Wednesday, Buddy is heard whimpering and barking after the dispatcher answers and repeatedly asks if the caller needs help.

"Hello, this is 911. Hello ... Can you hear me? Is there somebody there you can give the phone to," says the dispatcher, Chris Trott.

Police were sent to Stalnaker's home, and after about three minutes Buddy is heard barking loudly when the officers arrived.

Scottsdale police Sgt. Mark Clark said Stalnaker spent two days in a hospital and recovered from the seizure.

"It's pretty incredible," Clark said. "Even the veteran dispatchers?they haven't heard of anything like this."

Clark said police are dispatched whenever 911 is called, but that Stalnaker's address was flagged in Scottsdale's system with a notification that a trained assistance dog could call 911 when the owner was incapacitated.

Clark said Stalnaker adopted Buddy at the age of 8 weeks from Michigan-based Paws with a Cause, which trains assistance dogs, and trained him to get the phone if he began to have seizure symptoms. Buddy, now 18 months old, is able to press programmed buttons until a 911 operator is on the line, Clark said.

Clark said Buddy has made two other 911 calls when Stalnaker was having seizures.

He said Stalnaker's seizures are the result of a head injury he suffered about 10 years ago during a military training exercise.

Stalnaker was not listed in the phone book, and he did not immediately respond to a request through police for an interview.

wow.. man's best friend indeed

good boy!

haha yup we train or pets to be smarter than us here in Arizona :1orglaugh

that's amazing!

That would be unexpected and awesome of a pet.

That's amazing!

Yeah! That's why I always say that the dog is the best pet ever!

A cat could probably do it too.

The dog was trained to squeeze a special phone when his owner has a seizure.

Animals can do some amazing things. That guy owes his life to that dog.

Dog barkwards is God!

The 911 operator was asking the dog if there was somebody there to give the phone to?

Yes they can. I've seen some crazy shit.

Man, all my dog does is lie around. This one calls people. What about pizza? I always wanted to get a monkey and train it to roll joints

Thanks

Zak

Hahahahaha.