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Who Believes The Cat Called 9-1-1?

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dougwedel@sbcglobal.net - 03 Jan 2006 23:20 GMT
I have never posted in here, but today's news story
about the cat who called 9-1-1 prompts my inquiry.

As you may have heard on  NPR this a.m., the police
got a 9-1-1 call but there was no voice.   They got the address and
went to the address.  There they found a man who had fallen
out of his wheelchair and lay immobile on the floor.  Near him
was his tawny yellow cat.

The man said he had in the past tried to teach the cat to
dial 9-1-1, but he didn't know whether or not the instruction
had actually gotten through.  But apparently when the crisis
came, the cat responded.

My question: do you believe?   Has anyone ever heard of a
cat performing a feat anything like this?  Just curious.
NMR - 04 Jan 2006 00:38 GMT
Animals do amazing thing.  Years ago I had one of my cats a kitten at the
time got trapped behind a dresser  all the other cats went nuts  running
back and forth till one of us came to investigate.  When we stopped and
looked around  they keep jumping up and down  going to the spot and looking
down coming over to us and caterwauling till we looked behind the dresser

I have seen a when I was a teenager a  untrained dog jump into a raging
river and swim out to a swimmer in danger of drowning and started pulling
him in before anyone could respond.

A cat pushing a button to save his slave I can see it I believe it specially
the ones I have now know how to open child proof locks. Just because a cat
does not show he or she is pay attention doesn't me they aren't watching

>I have never posted in here, but today's news story
> about the cat who called 9-1-1 prompts my inquiry.
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> My question: do you believe?   Has anyone ever heard of a
> cat performing a feat anything like this?  Just curious.
wester@laway.net - 04 Jan 2006 00:47 GMT
>I have never posted in here, but today's news story
>about the cat who called 9-1-1 prompts my inquiry.
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>My question: do you believe?   Has anyone ever heard of a
>cat performing a feat anything like this?  Just curious.

Not unlikely the cat did it. There was a story awhile back about a
disabled woman in Miami. She had epilepsy but was also confined to
wheelchair for MS (?). She had a Rottweiler as a companion dog.

Apparently she had a seizure and fell out of the wheelchair. The dog
had been specially trained to go to the phone, knock the receiver off
hook, and when he heard the dial tone, he woukd press 911 with his
nose. This gave the dispatcher the location. A response crew would
arrive at the woman's residence, where te dog was also trained in
opening the door for them.

Why not? Everyone knows cats are smarter than Rottweilers!
NMR - 04 Jan 2006 00:53 GMT
Hell cats are smarter than us look at what we do for them all day all they
do is eat sleep ( with bathroom breaks ) and watch us.

 Ain't it great to be owned by a cat

>>I have never posted in here, but today's news story
>>about the cat who called 9-1-1 prompts my inquiry.
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> Why not? Everyone knows cats are smarter than Rottweilers!
dougwedel@sbcglobal.net - 04 Jan 2006 00:57 GMT
By gum, you're right, here's the article, but
you left one thing out:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6359754/

The dog hit speed dial!  That's a little different ;-)

> >I have never posted in here, but today's news story
> >about the cat who called 9-1-1 prompts my inquiry.
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> Why not? Everyone knows cats are smarter than Rottweilers!
dougwedel@sbcglobal.net - 04 Jan 2006 01:01 GMT
Your post made me go look for the cat story, and it turns
out the cat may have speed-dialed too!

http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2005-12-31-cat-called-911_x.htm

> >I have never posted in here, but today's news story
> >about the cat who called 9-1-1 prompts my inquiry.
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> Why not? Everyone knows cats are smarter than Rottweilers!
NMR - 04 Jan 2006 01:09 GMT
Yes the cat was being trained to push a button to dial 911 the owner did not
think Tommy the cat caught on to the training

> Your post made me go look for the cat story, and it turns
> out the cat may have speed-dialed too!
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>> Why not? Everyone knows cats are smarter than Rottweilers!
MARIE-CLAIRE.LEMERCERRE - 01 Feb 2006 21:36 GMT
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>I have never posted in here, but today's news story
> about the cat who called 9-1-1 prompts my inquiry.
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
> My question: do you believe?   Has anyone ever heard of a
> cat performing a feat anything like this?  Just curious.

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