[NAGDU] Mom service dog has puppies in Tampa airport, while dad service dog looks on

Deb and the girls debsoundandscent at earthlink.net
Sat May 26 00:58:49 UTC 2018


Don't other service dog organizations know they are supposed to spay the
females before they go out with the handler?  I can see we will have more of
this kind of thing happening. Lord help us.

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Mom service dog has puppies in Tampa airport, while dad service dog looks on

By Cristopher Spata May 25, 2018

http://www.tampabay.com/news/Mom-service-dog-has-puppies-in-Tampa-airport-wh
ile-dad-service-dog-looks-on_168575820

 

TAMPA - Travelers killing time at Tampa International Airport's Gasparilla
Bar got an unexpected show Friday when a dog gave birth to eight puppies
near Gate F81.

 

The 2-year-old golden retriever, Eleanor Rigby, owner Diane Van Atter, and
the puppies' father, Golden Nugget, were waiting to board an afternoon
flight home to Philadelphia when the dog went into labor.

 

They missed the flight, and for the next three hours created a fuzzy
spectacle as crowds gathered with phones trying to capture the scene.

 

The puppies were delivered with assistance from Tampa Fire Rescue paramedics
stationed at the airport, as well as a nurse who had to leave halfway though
the delivery to catch her own flight.

 

Other passengers came and went, casually sipping their coffees and charging
their phones as they watched puppy after puppy delivered on the carpet,
airport spokeswoman Emily Nipps said.

 

"I've never seen anything like this in an airport, or otherwise," she said.

 

Van Atter said she has mobility and pain issues, Nipps said, and the dogs
were service dogs, though Eleanor Rigby was still in training.

 

Van Atter's stepmother, Karen James, of Bradenton, was also set to fly to
Philadelphia. She said they knew Eleanor Rigby was pregnant, but believed
the excitement of being in the airport around so many new people may have
triggered the early birth.

 

James was talking to the Tampa Bay Times by phone from the airport when
people started cheering in the background.

 

"Another one just came out!," she said.

 

She was holding Golden Nugget on a leash.

 

"I have to go, the father is getting excited," she said. "Every time she's
ready to deliver another one he starts jumping around."

 

James said the plan was to find a dolly somewhere in the airport to carry
the pups and mother out. Then they'd go back to Bradenton where everyone
would get some rest before figuring out how to drive to Philadelphia with a
new litter.

 

No planes were delayed and all the puppies were successfully delivered.
Seven males, and one female.

 

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