I haven't seen the new Underdog movie yet, despite the fact that my kids keep asking me if they can see it. "Can we see it?" they say. "Please? Please? Please? Please?" You get the idea.
But now, there's a real-life Underdog. Perry, an eight-year old mastiff in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was instrumental in saving the lives of her owners after a house fire broke out. Perry made noise, got the humans out of bed, then went back into the house (possibly to save more people), and is now suffering lung damage and pneumonia as a result of smoke inhalation.
Her condition is precarious, partly because her owners have run out of money to care for her. In a world where people massed around Barbaro, the ill-fated race horse, I wonder if they'll rally for Perry. Donations, according to the piece, can be mailed or dropped off to Emergency Veterinary Clinic, 300 Gosling Road, Portsmouth, NH 03801.
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Posted Aug 14th 2007 8:01AM by Ben Greenman
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1. Poor pup!
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Su27 at 9:44AM on Aug 14th 2007
2. This is a wonderful thing you are doing! I will donate, and I hope others will do the same. The dog is a hero, and should be able to live a long, happy, healthy life.
tammy at 9:47AM on Aug 14th 2007
3. Keep up the good work!
phoenix arizona auto insurance, car, home owner, life insurance quote at 10:29AM on Aug 14th 2007
4. A Feel Good story that can make people want to help.
David Rosenberg at 7:17PM on Aug 14th 2007
5. I was wondering what the vetrinarian was donating? ?
Roy at 2:50PM on Aug 14th 2007
6. I love all animals, and I will donate too. He certainly is a hero. We humans can learn so much from the animal kingdom, certainly loyalty, partnership, and unconditional love. I also donated to the Barbaro Fund and Laminitis Research fund. I was at Pimlico when Barbaro broke down and it is forever etched in my mind. Many wonderful changes are coming about because of Barbaro. And as Roy stated in another comment, I'm wondering what the veterinarian donated?????
Ellen Zehnder at 10:15AM on Aug 15th 2007
7. Did you hear about the cat predicting peoples deaths. Visiting a local hospital sitting on the bed of patients that would later pass away that day, he has predicted 24 deaths in 6months...all i can say is keep that cat away from me:P
Butterfly Kiss at 2:21AM on Aug 16th 2007
8. I just learned that Perry, the mastiff that saved his family from the fire, passed away. God Bless her for what she did.
Ellen Zehnder at 10:29AM on Aug 20th 2007
9. I am so touched to read this. Perry was my family's dog. Just today I randomly searched for articles about her, thinking it would just come up in our old little town. I am overwhelmed at how much Perry is being remembered. She was a wonderful dog. Wonderful doesn't even cut it. My family is devastated, but as we rescued Perry from a Mastiff Rescue, she saved our family in turn. You will never know how much our family appreciates the support being given. Thank You.
Vanessa (Perry) Cohn at 1:46PM on Aug 21st 2007