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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b>Subject:</b> Guide Dog Protects Owner<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>Brave Service Dog Throws Himself In Front Of Oncoming Bus To Protect Blind Owner</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN> By </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>Matthew Birl</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN><a href="http://www.brobible.com/life/article/service-dog-throws-self-front-bus/"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://www.brobible.com/life/article/service-dog-throws-self-front-bus/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>An incredibly brave and apparently prescient service dog in New York state took an instinctive leap in front of an oncoming school bus to prevent his owner from being hit. Never has “man’s best friend” resonated more than this story of Bigo, a golden retriever guide dog, and his owner, Audrey Stone.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>When Bigo the service dog saw an oncoming mini school bus heading for Audrey Stone, the blind woman he was trained to guide, the golden retriever’s protective instincts kicked in: He threw himself at the closest part of the vehicle he could.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>Police photos show the result:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>fur stuck to the front driver’s side wheel and in the middle of Michael Neuner Avenue in New York, where the bus came to a stop after striking the pair.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>The driver of the Brewster school bus, carrying two kindergartners to St. Lawrence O’Toole Childhood Learning Center, told police he didn’t see the pair crossing the road as they made their way home at about 8:15 Monday morning.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>Stone, 62, suffered a fractured right elbow, three broken ribs, a fractured ankle and a cut to her head in the accident, said Brewster Police Chief John</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>Del Gardo. Bigo’s leg was cut down to the bone, said Paul Schwartz, who manages the Xtra Mart gas station at the intersection and ran to the scene to help.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>But, if not for Bigo’s incredibly commendable braveness, the consequences obviously could have been far worse.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>“There were 15 EMTs and people all around her and the dog didn’t want to leave her side,” Schwartz said. “He was flopping over to her and she didn’t want him to get away from her, either. She kept screaming, ‘Where’s Bigo? Where’s Bigo? Where’s Bigo?’ We kept telling her he was fine.”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>Schwartz and one of the EMTs bandaged Bigo’s right leg.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>“The dog was being a good sport, really calm,” Schwartz said. “He sat with me the whole time. He was limping as we put him on a big blanket on the sidewalk and it started to rain. He let us wrap up his leg without any problem. He wasn’t barking or crying or yelping. But he kept pulling toward her. After she was put on a gurney and taken away, he stopped doing that. He seemed a little lost after she left.”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>A staff member at Middlebranch Veterinary in Paterson confirmed that Bigo was being treated there on Monday. Brewster Police Chief Del Gardo said later that the dog was undergoing surgery on its leg.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>Because there are healthcare rules preventing animals from being transported in ambulances, Bigo stayed behind at the scene.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>God Bless this dog’s loyalty.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>“The dog took a lot of the blow,” Del Gardo said. “And he did not want to leave her side. He stood right with her. He was there to save her.”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>Bigo and Audrey are set to reunite soon, thankfully.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN>What a great pup you must be, Bigo. 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