HemiEd
01-25-2010, 05:57 PM
I did about a 15 minute search, my sincerest apologies if this is a repost and I promise to die in a fire if it is.
http://www.kptv.com/entertainment/22319061/detail.html
Farmer's Mouth-To-Snout CPR Saves Piglet
'Pig Pig' Survives With Help Of Farmer, Dog
POSTED: 5:21 pm PST January 22, 2010
UPDATED: 11:02 am PST January 24, 2010
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LA CENTER, Wash. -- Meet Pig Pig, a piglet whose tale of swine survival not only involves man, but man's best friend, too.
The piglet on Heidi and Jeff Olson's farm in La Center, Wash., had a rough start to life.
Pig Pig's mother accidentally crushed her after becoming ill from complications during birth.
"The mother pig was so sick she actually laid on her and didn't realize it," Heidi Olson said.
When Jeff Olson realized what happened, the tiny piglet was near death.
"She squished her flat," Heidi Olson said. "She was flat as a pancake, no heartbeat (and) cold."
But Jeff Olson reacted quickly in the only way he knew how to save the animal.
"He did the first thing that came to mind which is mouth to snout," Heidi Olson said.
After about five minutes of CPR, Pig Pig began to breath on her own.
While Pig Pig ended up the only surviving piglet of an entire litter, her mother died, the Olsons said. Saving the piglet would be difficult with no mother to feed her, the family said.
Again, the Olsons improvised, and they placed Pig Pig with a litter of Red Heeler puppies to see whether their mother could look past the obvious differences.
"The momma dog looked at me like, 'Are you crazy?' But nature took over and her mothering instinct took over and she brought her in as one of her own," Heidi Olson said.
Weeks later, Pig Pig is thriving and appears set to live a long and happy life.
"The only problem is the pig now thinks she is a dog," Heidi Olson said.
Farmer's Mouth-To-Snout CPR Saves Piglet
http://www.kptv.com/entertainment/22319061/detail.html
Farmer's Mouth-To-Snout CPR Saves Piglet
'Pig Pig' Survives With Help Of Farmer, Dog
POSTED: 5:21 pm PST January 22, 2010
UPDATED: 11:02 am PST January 24, 2010
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LA CENTER, Wash. -- Meet Pig Pig, a piglet whose tale of swine survival not only involves man, but man's best friend, too.
The piglet on Heidi and Jeff Olson's farm in La Center, Wash., had a rough start to life.
Pig Pig's mother accidentally crushed her after becoming ill from complications during birth.
"The mother pig was so sick she actually laid on her and didn't realize it," Heidi Olson said.
When Jeff Olson realized what happened, the tiny piglet was near death.
"She squished her flat," Heidi Olson said. "She was flat as a pancake, no heartbeat (and) cold."
But Jeff Olson reacted quickly in the only way he knew how to save the animal.
"He did the first thing that came to mind which is mouth to snout," Heidi Olson said.
After about five minutes of CPR, Pig Pig began to breath on her own.
While Pig Pig ended up the only surviving piglet of an entire litter, her mother died, the Olsons said. Saving the piglet would be difficult with no mother to feed her, the family said.
Again, the Olsons improvised, and they placed Pig Pig with a litter of Red Heeler puppies to see whether their mother could look past the obvious differences.
"The momma dog looked at me like, 'Are you crazy?' But nature took over and her mothering instinct took over and she brought her in as one of her own," Heidi Olson said.
Weeks later, Pig Pig is thriving and appears set to live a long and happy life.
"The only problem is the pig now thinks she is a dog," Heidi Olson said.
Farmer's Mouth-To-Snout CPR Saves Piglet