Washington (dpa) - A pet dog amazed its Kentucky community when it limped to an animal clinic after being hit by a car, its veterinarian said Friday. The ordeal of Scooby, a shih tzu, started during a thunderstorm when the dog tore his collar and ran away from home. As he crossed onto a busy highway, a vehicle hit the dog, injuring his leg and tail. Staff at the Corbin Animal Clinic, four blocks away, then found the drenched 4-year-old dog waiting outside their clinic, veterinarian Gerald Majors said. "Whether he found his way here by providence or by intelligence, I don't know," Majors said. Scooby spent three days in late July at the clinic, where he had been previously treated, before his worried owner tracked him down. Scooby had part of his tail amputated but was otherwise well, Majors said. "He obviously knew this was the place to get help," Scooby's owner Shirley Farris told broadcaster Local 6 News. "There are subdivisions with hundreds and hundreds of houses between me and the vet's office," she said. "There are three lanes, and there is a mini-mall. How he knew to take himself to the vet, I don't know."
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Miracle dog survives gas chamber
'It's a miracle or divine intervention'
Thursday, August 7, 2003 Posted: 1902 GMT ( 3:02 AM HKT)
Quentin is now staying at Stray Rescue, an organization that plans to adopt the dog.
ST. LOUIS, Missouri (AP) -- Cast into a city gas chamber to be euthanized with other unwanted or unclaimed dogs, it appeared the roughly year-old Basenji mix had simply run out of luck -- and time.
But this canine had other ideas.
When the death chamber's door swung open Monday, the dog now dubbed Quentin -- for California's forbidding San Quentin State Prison -- stood very much alive, his tail and tongue wagging.
Animal-control supervisor Rosemary Ficken had never seen such a survivor, and she didn't have the nerve to slam the door shut again.
This 30-pound animal, she believed, beat the odds and should live on.
"She told me, 'Please, take him. I don't have the heart to put him back in there and re-gas him,"' said Randy Grim, founder and head of Stray Rescue of St. Louis, the charitable shelter that took in the dog before taking the animal's story public.
Quentin's ordeal was played and replayed Wednesday on local TV stations, drawing people looking to adopt him.
"To me, it's a miracle or divine intervention," Grim said. "I can't help but think he's here to serve a higher purpose. This case blew me away. This is amazing."
On Wednesday, Quentin was a little malnourished but "in very good condition," Grim said. He was being checked for heartworm and other maladies by a veterinarian.
"You can tell he's really digging it," Grim said. "He has a bed, love, food and water."
The dog just said to the world
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Miracle dog survives gas chamber
'It's a miracle or divine intervention'
Thursday, August 7, 2003 Posted: 1902 GMT ( 3:02 AM HKT)
Quentin is now staying at Stray Rescue, an organization that plans to adopt the dog.
ST. LOUIS, Missouri (AP) -- Cast into a city gas chamber to be euthanized with other unwanted or unclaimed dogs, it appeared the roughly year-old Basenji mix had simply run out of luck -- and time.
But this canine had other ideas.
When the death chamber's door swung open Monday, the dog now dubbed Quentin -- for California's forbidding San Quentin State Prison -- stood very much alive, his tail and tongue wagging.
Animal-control supervisor Rosemary Ficken had never seen such a survivor, and she didn't have the nerve to slam the door shut again.
This 30-pound animal, she believed, beat the odds and should live on.
"She told me, 'Please, take him. I don't have the heart to put him back in there and re-gas him,"' said Randy Grim, founder and head of Stray Rescue of St. Louis, the charitable shelter that took in the dog before taking the animal's story public.
Quentin's ordeal was played and replayed Wednesday on local TV stations, drawing people looking to adopt him.
"To me, it's a miracle or divine intervention," Grim said. "I can't help but think he's here to serve a higher purpose. This case blew me away. This is amazing."
On Wednesday, Quentin was a little malnourished but "in very good condition," Grim said. He was being checked for heartworm and other maladies by a veterinarian.
"You can tell he's really digging it," Grim said. "He has a bed, love, food and water."
The dog just said to the world
Long live Quentin. How about we hook him up with Scooby and make a dog buddy flick. The two lucky pups become buds and chase bitches (the cannine variety) together. Get in jackpots, go to Vegas and make a score at the Mirage or MGM. Then bust a gang of pit-bulls that are robbing pet shops. Naturally they get layed every now and then. We can call it something like "DogWorld" or "Uptown BowWows". I can forsee a sequeal for this baby.
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