Pit bull saves woman's son just days after she rescued dog from scheduled death
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Rescued pit bull rescues 4-year-old — less than a week after woman saves dog from death.
A Minneapolis woman saved a pit bull mere hours before his scheduled death and the canine quickly returned the favor by saving her son's life less than a week later.Christi Smith only planned to keep Tater Tot until she could find a home for him but the perceptive pooch became a permanent part of the family when he alone realized that Smith's 4-year-old boy Peyton Anderson was not well, reported Fox affiliate KMSP.
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"He kept on whining and barking and running between the two of us," Smith told the station. "I checked on him, and he was barely breathing."
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Tater Tot sensed that 4-year-old Peyton Anderson was not well, and “kept on whining and barking" until the boy’s mom noticed something was wrong.
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"He just seemed kind of weird," said Smith. "He wasn't really coherent — deliriously tired."
Isis Sanchez or the Blue Pearl Veterinary Clinic explained that canines' exceptional sense of smell, which can be trained for bomb and drug detection, likely helped Tater Tot sniff out ketones, a compound that is often created when blood sugar is low.
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Tater Tot and Peyton Anderson play together after dog saves the young boy’s life.
"When you go into ketosis, an acid state in the body, your body doesn't have sufficient sugar," Sanchez said. "His blood sugar was dangerously low and he was almost comatose (according to his mother)."
She said that even humans can sometimes smell ketones on someone's breath, so for Tater Tot — if this was in fact what he sensed — it must have been particularly pronounced.
Minneapolis Animal Care and Control said that Tater Tot was adopted from Ruff Start Rescue.
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