Rottweiler saves Idaho girl's life

[NikitaChampagne]

It's about time that Rottweilers are shown in the news under a good light instead of a bad one.

OAKLEY -- Rottweilers often get a bad reputation for being aggressive, but one Idaho family "begs" to differ.
If it weren't for their dog, their little girl may not be alive today.
NewsChannel 7 went to Oakley, Idaho for the rottweiler rescue.
Eight-year old Mercedes Bedke wants to be cowgirl when she grows up, this despite taking a near fatal tumble off her horse four weeks ago.
"Well, I remember I was down here, and when I got down here, there was mud and I was sort of galloping," said Mercedes.
The combination of speed and mud apparently caused her horse to slip as he tried to avoid the fence.
"BJ hit the fence probably," said Mercedes.
The problem is no one knew this independent little country girl was riding her horse, no one expect her new-found companion, Buster, a rottweiler bought for Mercedes by her grandparents.
"Mercedes had just been adopted, we'd adopted her and so we thought, well, we'd get her a puppy, but no puppies come available so we got a call from the animal shelter about Buster and went and picked him up and him and her bonded, I mean he does not leave her," said Phyllis Bedke, Mercedes grandma.
But on May 8th, he did leave Mercedes, just long enough to run home for help.
"I come back out to call her for lunch and Mercedes was gone and Buster was at the door of the house and I knew something then was really wrong," said Phyllis.
Buster, agitated and frantic, lead rescuers to Mercedes.
"My dad called me and said, you need to call 911, she is hurt bad and she's unconscious," said Phyllis.
Mercedes was badly injured. She was airlifted to Salt Lake City, where she remained unconscious for three-and-a-half days.
"Her whole right side of her head was collapsed, the skull collapsed into the brain. They told us we could be there three weeks, or three months in the hospital," said Phyllis.
In fact, this feisty little girl was back home in just a couple weeks. She's still undergoing treatment for her injuries, but appears to be making a remarkable recovery, with Buster by her side."He's got a spot with us forever, I tell you, if you hadn't been for Buster, we probably wouldn't have found Mercedes as fast as we did. It's going to teach us all something, don't take anything for granted in life," said Phyllis.
Mercedes, a second grader, isn't able to attend school or ride her horse until her head injury in further healed. She gets physical and speech therapy twice a week.

[JuneyB]

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.......

tho why the little girl was not wearing a helmet while riding....course, knowing horsey kids, she probably never thought about it before sneaking away on her horse.

Thx for posting this story....maybe it should be forwarded to some major city newspapers???

[Terrie]

There is a video link to this on CNN

http://www.cnn.com/video/player/dete...aves.girl.ktvb

[rottielover2004]

video link is not working for me :(

[EmmysMom]

Thanks so much for posting this story! I was trying to get it to open so I could read it and I couldn't. I was hoping someone here would see it and share!
Thanks again!
EmmysMom

[Terrie]

Originally Posted by rottielover2004

video link is not working for me :(

I am sorry I don't know what happened. If this doesn't work it's on cnn.com front page the title is Adopted dog helps save girl with cracked skull

[NikitaChampagne]

This is the web site for the Idaho news. It has a video link as well.

http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/s....4938ccb7.html

[spoiledbabies3]

Buster made us proud! He is a wonderful representative of the rottie breed. Thanks for posting such a wonderful story...the video link is awesome...he still doesn't leave her side. I think more people should note the wonderful things rotties can do also! Great post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kyree]

Here is a direct link to the video

http://www.cnn.com/video/partners/cl...aves.girl.ktvb

[tcote]

I saw that on the Atlanta news at lunch--great you posted it--finally a good rottie news story--way to go big guy!

[onthedl74]

Great story. I 'd prefer if the headline read "rottweiler saves girls life"!

[szky]

What a great Rottie!!!! Hopefully the media will keep showing what a great breed Rottweilers really are.

[Paulos]

Good Buster...good boy!

[leachna]

Yeah Buster did an awsome thing. And this was a resued Rott from the pound, he didn't even grow up with her. You can not tell me they are gifs from God... Rotts Rule

[LORHEL]

Wonderful, but I agree, it shouldn't be "adopted dog", it should be ROTTWEILER ...