I can relate. I have a lazy dog, too.
Owner saves bulldog with kiss of life
Chris Mallett, a former infantryman, was forced to use mouth to mouth resuscitation to save his dog, Stella, after a bone became lodged in her throat and she stopped breathing.
The dad-of-five, who served with 2nd Battalion the Royal Anglians, said he was alerted to what had happened when his 10-year-old son Bailey ran upstairs crying and saying seven-year-old Stella had died.
Mr Mallett said: “I went downstairs and picked Stella up but she wasn’t breathing, she was completely lifeless. I took her outside and prized open her jaws. I put my hand down her throat and I could feel the bone. She hadn’t chewed it at all. She’d swallowed it whole and it was lodged in her throat. I pulled it out and it broke, half of it came out so I put my hand down and got the other bit out. As I pulled it out her body jolted.”
He continued: “I was amazed, it was a sign of life so I thought I would try and give her mouth to mouth. I held her mouth together and blew down her nose like they do with babies. Then I saw some colour came back into her eyes. They were black but I could see the brown coming back into them. She jolted when I blew into her mouth so I kept going. I was rubbing her to try and stimulate her and eventually she started breathing again. She lifted her up head and looked like she’d had 15 beers but eventually she got up. Five minutes later she was running around as if nothing had happened, it was amazing.
Otter Pups Swim Lesson
Crazy as it might seem, otter pups aren’t born knowing how to swim, so they have to be taught by their mothers to be at home in the water.
She teaches each pup individually at first this allows her to focus her full attention on each pup and each lesson especially since its the first time the pups have been in the water. Audrey teaches the pups in stages making sure each pup is comfortable with one step before moving on to the next.
Typically, Audrey eases her pup into the water, then teaches him to float. After floating comes swimming, and the pups learn how to maneuver and swim, skills that are vital to their survival as adults. Once the pup is confident as a swimmer, Audrey teaches him to dive and move underwater. Then, she teaches each pup how to dry off and stay warm after a dip in the pool.
Kung Fu Bear
The unedited footage has been posted, too, and is really worth a look.
Gorilla Reunion
In the African jungle, conservationist Damian Aspinall searches for Kwibi, a lowland gorilla he hasn’t seen for 5 years. Kwibi grew up with Damian at his Howletts Wild Animal Park in England. When he was five, he was released into the forests of Gabon, West Africa as part of conservation programme to re-introduce gorillas back into the wild. Now Kwibi’s 10 years old, much bigger and stronger. Will Damian find him? Will Kwibi attack him?