[NAGDU] Alec saved my life

[Yiska]

Go A dog. Our dogs are amazing creatures.
Yiska

On Oct 8, 2017 16:06, "Becky Frankeberger via NAGDU" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Alec Super Hero! Great job listening to your pup. I know it is
> frustrating, but detective work is better than a fatal accident.
>
> Andy Woo Hoo!
>
> Becky and Jake
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Andy Borka via
> NAGDU
> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2017 9:19 AM
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> Cc: Andy Borka <sonfire11 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [NAGDU] Alec saved my life
>
> Hi all,
>
> I want to tell a short story about how Alec saved my life.  On Thursday,
> we started out on a route we walk a few times a week.. Around halfway
> through, he started to slow down, and eventually stopped. No form of
> positive reenforcement or verbal correction would make him move. After
> sticking my right foot out to see why he stopped, I tried to move him
> again. Eventually, he started inching along. Step, stop, step, stop, step…
> After doing this for a few minutes, he frantically looked at me, then
> behind us, back at me, then behind us again. When it appeared Alec was
> ready for normal speed, someone appeared out of nowhere. “Hi, I am a field
> worker for one of the local electric companies.” “Hi, what can I do for
> you?” “Well, not to be strange, but your dog just saved your life!” “What?
> How?” “He inched you around a live down power line that has over 2.5
> gigavolts of electricity running through it.” “Don’t worry, it is routine
> maintenance. You have one special dog there.” Alec got praises for the rest
> of the route. Fortunately, the worker and power line problem were gone on
> the way back home.
>
>
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