From: Ellen K. 

Dog stories like this appear fairly regularly.  With a dog, it's not
surprising -- they bond with their owners and are very trainable.  But a
cat?!?!?

On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 12:19:01 -0500, "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote in message :

>
>"Ellen K."  wrote in message
>news:oqvnr11cnd7bj66mq7l2ikkd287p41g8j8{at}4ax.com...
>> This is NOT a "cat thing" to do but so far the story looks true:
>>
>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10663270/?GT1=7538
>
>
>
>Hah!  A dog has already topped that  ( even opened the door )  
>
>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,137066,00.html
>RICHLAND, Wash.  - Faith the service dog phoned 911 when her owner fell out
>of her wheelchair and barked urgently into the receiver until a dispatcher
>sent help.
>
>Then the 4-year-old Rottweiler  unlocked the front door so the responding
>police officer could come in.
>
>"I sensed there was a problem on the other end of the 911 call," said
>dispatcher Jenny Buchanan, who answered the call from Faith.
>
>"The dog was too persistent in barking directly into the phone
receiver,"
>Buchanan said at Benton County's Southeast Communications Center . "I knew
>she was trying to tell me something."
>
>Faith is trained to summon help by pushing a speed-dial button on the phone
>with her nose after taking the receiver off the hook, said her owner Leana
>Beasley, 45, who suffers grand mal seizures.
>

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