Posted By on October 18, 2013 Earlier this month, Tater Tot, a rescued pit bull, saved the life of 4-year-old Peyton Anderson This miraculous, feel-good dog story was reported earlier this month — a 10-month-old pit bull named Tater Tot that had been rescued from euthanasia less than a week earlier by a Minneapolis family saved the life of the family’s 4-year-old son. Somehow, the dog sensed that the child’s blood sugar levels were dangerously low. The dog alerted the mother, who was sleeping, and she rushed her son Peyton to the hospital. Tater Tot, who was adopted from Ruff Start Rescue, is a hero. From NY Daily News, A Minneapolis woman saved a pit bull mere hours before his scheduled death and the canine quickly returned the favor by saving her son’s life less than a week later. Christi Smith only planned to keep Tater Tot until she could find a home for him but the perceptive pooch became a permanent part of the family when he alone realized that Smith’s 4-year-old boy PeytonAnderson was not well, reported Fox affiliate KMSP. “He kept on whining and barking and running between the two of us,” Smith told the station. “I checked on him, and he was barely breathing.” Smith rushed Peyton to the emergency room where doctors reportedly found out the boy had dangerously low blood sugar. “He just seemed kind of weird,” said Smith. “He wasn’t really coherent — deliriously tired.” Isis Sanchez or the Blue Pearl Veterinary Clinic explained that canines’ exceptional sense of smell, which can be trained for bomb and drug detection, likely helped Tater Tot sniff out ketones, a compound that is often created when blood sugar is low. Pitbull saves toddler Newly Rescued Pitbull Saves 4-Year-Old Boy’s Life From Newser, Pit bulls don’t get a lot of good press, but here’s one pooch doing its part to change the breed’s image: Tator Tot, a rescued pit bull from Minneapolis possibly saved a 4-year-old boy’s life after he sensed a dangerous drop in the youngster’s blood sugarand warned the boy’s mother. The dog was scheduled to be put down, but had been taken in as a foster by the family less than a week earlier, . Christi Smith says Tater Tot came to her in the middle of the night after he had tried, and failed, to rouse her son, Peyton. “He kept on whining and barking and running between the two of us,” she says. “I checked on him, and he was barely breathing.” Smith rushed the boy to the ER, where doctors found his blood sugar was dangerously low. Categories: , , Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
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