Harley&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#039;s Dog News-Dog Heros, the Oldest Living Dog and a Dog Miracle!

June 10, 2009 by doggymom
Filed under Harley's Dog News

Hi Doggy Lovers, Harley the News Hound here & I have lots of interesting dog news for you this week.

I'm sure you have heard of drug sniffing dogs and bomb sniffing dogs but have you heard of a DVD sniffing dog?

Paddy is a black lab that has been trained to sniff out the chemicals used in bootleg discs. Paddy was given to the Malaysian government by the trade association and has so far helped to shut down 6 different warehouses with the pirated DVDs worth $6.1 billion.

Paddy is one pup who has definitely earned his keep!

Four years ago a heartbroken man had to leave his beloved dog behind when he was evacuated during Katrina. J.J. was in an elevated part of Jessie Pullin's house with food and water for several days. Unfortunately Jessie was not allowed back for several weeks.

Fortunately, J.J. was rescued by an animal rescue group and was sent to different animal organizations before being put up for adoption in California. In with Thieves download

Jessie never gave up looking for J.J. and finally tracked him down in his new home. He entered a legal battle with the help of the Katrina Animal Reunion Team. The legal battle ended when the woman who had adopted J.J. gave him back to Jessie.

Pullins said, "Everybody falls in love with J.J.. He's lovable. I don't fault them."

photo by Stefan Jaeger/St. Petersburg Times

The oldest dog recorded was a dog named Bluey, a Queensland Heeler who lived to be 29 years and 5 months old.

Smokey is a Shih Tzu who is 23 is .trying to beat that record. Florida residents Joe and Mary Slatton said they were not impressed when NBC's "Today" show featured a 21-year-old dachshund dubbed the oldest living dog, because their Shih Tzu, Smokey, is two years that dog's senior.

Smokey's vet has verified Smokey's age and that he is in excellent health. Smokey was born on January 18, 1986.

Joe Slatton said that Smokey has slowed down with age a bit but he is still very active, enjoys walks and loves to look at appliances at Home Depot.

"I wouldn't know to what specific thing I could attribute his age to," he said. "I guess it's just a combination of a healthy Pedigree diet and loads of exercise."

Sweet little Tequila, a breeding poodle was adopted by Eika Haas when she became too old to be bred. Tequila loved her new role as lap dog and became very attached to Eika.

Recently Eika and her husband Steven took Tequila and their other 2 dogs on a camping trip to a remote part of Wyoming. Tequila stayed right by their side until halfaway through the trip when they realized she was missing.

They searched for her as long as the light held out and then stayed up late by the campfire hoping she would find her way back to the camp.

Poor little Tequila was not equipped to brave the harsh Wyoming wilderness.

Steven and Eika stayed out 4 extra days searching for her with no luck and finally heart broken, had to face the facts that the little poodle probably had not survived.

30 days later they got the surprise of their lives when they got a call from Midge Dandridge. She explained that she and her partner Dick Woltering found Tequila out in the forest.

Eika assumed she meant they had found the poodle's dead body and was happily shocked to find out that Tequila was just fine!
Considering that the area Tequila was lost in is inhabited by bears, wolves, coyotes, not to mention the snow that had fallen, it is quite a miracle that she survived so long on her own.

Eika left almost immediatley and drove all night to reunite with Tequila and was surprised to find that she was in relatively good health. She had lost some weight. She went from 16 pounds to 10 pounds. They assume she survived on grubs, worms, seeds, bugs and maybe a few mice.

The one thing that has improved for the little dog is that her Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder (she developed from being confined for so many years in a cage when she was a breeder) has improved. The Haases have decided to never take Tequila with them again when they go camping. The next time, they plan to have Tequila's saviors Midge and Dick watch her for them. Good idea!

Our last story is about a little Chihuahua mix named Spaz who saved his human mom's life. Spaz woke up 58 year old Lillian Miller about 3 a.m.. Saturday nght in Groveland, FL. Lillian assumed he needed to go outside for a potty break and she took him out.

When she was outside, she noticed her house was on fire. There was a fire alarm but Lillian didn't have her hearing aid in and did not hear it. But Spaz did!

Spaz saved her life! Lillian is now staying with her parents who say that Spaz holds a special place in their hearts! Good dog!

That's all for this week!