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UrbScotty

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Mon Jun 17, 2013, 01:49 PM Jun 2013

Family adopts elderly dog, who then saves their lives

A Westport Massachusetts mom is crediting her adopted dog with saving her family's life. The 13-year-old chocolate lab was adopted after appearing on ABC 6's "Pick of the Litter."

Since "Chip" was featured on Pick of the Litter, he's found a new home, starred in a catalog, and now his new family says he saved their lives.

"I was really grateful, because we wouldn't have had a dog, we would have had no way of knowing that the gas was coming out,"explained Corry Barboza.

Barboza never questioned adopting 13-year-old Chip. She says his age didn't matter, it was love at first sight. Now, she believes it was fate. After Chip forced her out of bed early one weekend Morning alerting her to danger.


http://www.abc6.com/story/22571635/westboro-mother-credits-adopted-dog-with-saving-familys-life
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Family adopts elderly dog, who then saves their lives (Original Post) UrbScotty Jun 2013 OP
That animal knew exactly what he was doing.. well done, faithful pet! mountain grammy Jun 2013 #1
Yay, Chip! OneGrassRoot Jun 2013 #2
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