Kicker - Chihuahua CPR

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Police officers in Germany—hailed as heroes after performing life-saving CPR.

It all began when a little girl ran into the police station clutching her dog. As it turns out, the girl had dropped her Chihuahua and the little dog had stopped breathing. She was desperate.

Police of course receive training to improvise where necessary—and this certainly seemed one of those necessary situations—and CPR training doesn’t typically include this sort of veterinary resuscitation.

Undeterred, the officers cupped the dog’s nose and gave their version of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation—more like mouth-to-snout—and massaging the dog’s heart while transporting the dog to a vet clinic nearby.

Good news: the clinic reports that the pup is going to be okay, the Chihuahua’s in stable condition.

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