Husky Alerts Neighborhood to Dangerous Gas Leaks
Most dog owners are annoyed when their fur baby decides to dig holes in their yard, but one family in Philadelphia was incredibly thankful when their four-year-old Husky named Kobe did that.
It seems Kobe started digging when he smelled something not quite right in the yard.
SWNS reports, "Owner Chanell Bell, 28, initially didn’t think much of it but as the hole got bigger, she figured Kobe was trying to tell her something. Chanell, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, said: “I trust his judgment because that isn’t his typical behavior and he is usually right.“He has great senses and he never digs holes unless he is helping me dig.“We’ve been here at our new home for a while now and he never digs holes without me, so I knew something was up.”
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Bell had a gas detection device and when she placed it in the hole it registered large amounts of gas. Bell called the utility company and they spent worked three and a half days straight to resolves the leaks and fit new pipes. Kobe saved the entire neighborhood from what could have been a deadly disaster.
How Dogs Detect Things Humans Can't
PET MD explains, "Dogs can detect emotion, physiological changes (changes in the functioning of the body), illness, and environmental events, such as weather. This sensitivity is connected to their ability to see, smell, hear, and feel."
Humans have about six million scent receptors. Dogs have about 300 million. When you hear that it makes sense Kobe was able to smell the gas leak even from underground. Kobe's owner was so smart to trust that her dog was acting abnormally and to trust his intuition that something was wrong.
Kobe isn't the only pet who was a hero when it came to a gas leak, because in January of last year a cat in North Wales discovered a leak which could have "blown the house down" had it not been discovered thanks to the help of a cat who has been digging at the carpet. The engineer discovered a gas leak under the carpet at the exact same spot the cat had been digging.
If your own pet starts behaving oddly and digging somewhere they normally don't, you may wish to give your utility company a call!
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