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Kid Bathes Puppy in Toilet, Pup Lives to Bark Again
If this story weren’t so darn cute, I’d be horrified. The details: kid thinks puppy is dirty. Kid takes puppy into the bathroom to give him a bath.
Kid drops puppy in toilet. Kid flushes puppy. And somehow, kid AND puppy live to tell the tale.
The incident happened in England, where a four-year-old decided to give his week-old puppy (ohmigod, so cute) a bath because, as he told a news crew (with a little prompting by mom) “it was dirty.” His mom “heard the chain,” and four-year-old Daniel told her the pup had been flushed down the drain.
Running outside, she could hear the puppy in the pipes, so she called for help. One four-hour ordeal and somewhere across the backyard under the neighbor’s house later, the pup was rescued. He’s OK and earned a name for his troubles – Dyno, in honor of “Dyno-Rod,” the plumbing crew who came with special cameras to suss out where the little cocker spaniel was stuck and pull him out. You can catch a glimpse of him over at Sky News.
Now the lesson in all of this: A. Four-year-olds and week-old puppies both need constant supervision and B. Never bathe your kid in the potty, they might get strange ideas.
Image: Sky News
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Woman Used Dogs To Babysit | Strollerderby commented on Jun 17 09 at 4:01 pmToy Kitchen commented on Jun 17 09 at 12:17 pmWe saw this on the Today Show yesterday and it was perfect timing. My 4 yr old just this last weekend had placed the family hampster in the toilet for a “swim”, but mom caught him just before flushing. It would have been “Bye Bye” for our little Buddy. Close call!
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Manjari commented on Jun 18 09 at 9:31 amPoor puppy!
Taryn commented on Sep 08 09 at 3:10 amI totally did the same thing to my sister when she was a baby.(minus the flushing) My mom said i was trying to be a big girl(i was 2) and help her with her bath, and i knew i couldn’t put her in the tub because she could get hurt. So the toilet was my best option.
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