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ISSUE NO. 1746
20 - 26 December 2018
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COSTA DE ALMERÍA YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION
Rescued dog turns rescuer By Cathy Elelman IN a story straight off the pages of a Disney script, a Costa Almeria rescued dog has helped to save a man’s life. Brodie, an Amethyst Dog Rescue success story, was with new owners Alex Keegan and Daun Ferguson on their boat berthed at Largs Yacht Haven on the Clyde when in the early hours of last Sunday morning the canny pet sensed something was seriously amiss. A man had fallen into the water and was in trouble. His cries for help were too faint to stir Alex and Daun, but Brodie’s sharp ears picked them up. Brodie ran round the boat and barked until he woke up the couple, refusing to calm down until Alex got up. Only then could they hear the shouting, and when Alex opened the hatch he realised someone was in distress. Another man had heard the cries and rushed to his assistance, but couldn’t pull him out the water on his own. Alex leapt into action, and together they managed to drag him onto a pontoon.
HERO: Without rescue dog Brodie, pictured here on board with Alex, the story might not have had such a happy ending. “Without Brodie I would not have been there, and who knows what the outcome would have been,” Alex told the Euro Weekly News. “I am very proud of him, and only realised
just how big a part he had played in the whole train of events after I finally returned to our boat and saw the wee look of concern on his face.” It turned out the chap in the water had been making his way back to his boat after a meal ashore and had lost his footing on a pontoon. The water was freezing, and Alex said by the time they got the poor man onto dry land he was chilled to the bone. Thanks to Brodie and his two human rescuers he survived the experience, a hot shower and warm clothes enough to fully revive him, and the only injury his pride. He was naturally grateful to all his rescuers, Alex joking he’d wanted to buy everyone a pint, Brodie included. Brodie was abandoned on the Costa Almeria as a pup. He was fostered by Jean Allsop for Amethyst and homed in Airdrie with Alex and Daun about a month ago after they saw his picture online and decided he was the dog for them. Brodie has now more than proved he was worth saving. “Brodie is a brilliant boy,” says Alex, “and he is very much in his forever home!”
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