Heart Attack!

their dogs, I always tell them it is a LIFE SKILL! Now, more than ever, I mean it to be a LIFE-SAVING SKILL! The fact that my dogs didn’t hesitate, didn’t give me any guff in a moment of trauma, was so reassuring to me that they would be fine. Then, I had a plan for someone to come into the house, who they knew, to take care of them in the morning. What a relief for me to know that the loves of my life were going to be okay and cared for.

I don’t know what would have happened if my dogs had been loose in the house when the police arrived and had to come inside to save my life. It could have been a perfect storm. Dogs that move into protective drive don’t think like people do. They don’t say to themselves, “Oh, it’s EMS, let them in!”

The point of this story is to urge ALL of you to CALL 911 even if you SUSPECT a heart attack, especially all the women out there who don’t feel all the typical symptoms!!!!

All I had were chest and back pains, then eventually a very short bout of cold sweats. AHEAD of time, make a plan, especially if you live by yourself, to care for your dog(s). Then, TRAIN for that emergency. Be sure your dog CAN run to a crate for safety, easily and happily. It’s the safest place for them to be and allows even unknown help for them to enter the house when you are not there.

People who know me laugh at my priorities. And we can laugh now, but it was no laughing matter at the time. Even my two 10-year-old dogs still have impeccable crate skills. Going in the crate and being happy there is not just for young dogs. It’s a LIFE-SAVING SKILL for EVERYONE!

Fran Jewell is an IAABC Certified Dog Behavior Consultant, NADOI Certified Instructor and the owner of Positive Puppy Dog Training, LLC in Sun Valley. For more information, visit positivepuppy.com or call 208-578-1565.

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