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HI Cynthiann: Yeah I'd be right there doing what I could to save that little puppy any animal as far as that goes; I love all animals always have; the poor little thing and what a brave little girl too , hope they all are more careful next time!

I wouldn't hesitate to do it to a puppy. Puppy mouths are cleaner than humans. There are many humans who I wouldn't even think of giving mouth to mouth to. I'm glad she gave the puppy mouth to mouth. I'm surprised the puppy couldn't swim. Most dogs can. Lucky puppy to be alive. I gave mouth to mouth on a kitten who was born breach and wasn't breathing. It was a long hard birth. It took hours for the mother to finally expel the kitten out far enough for me to help pull it out the rest of the way. The kitten wasn't breathing, so I did mouth to mouth and it meowed like a good baby. Of course these things always seem to happen at night when the vet is sleeping.

I would not. I do not regard even a cute puppy equal to a human, as this owner did. I am sure there are other ways to save the dog's life, like why not have a rubber tube inserted into the puppy's mouth and breathe into that. Also I am sure that people would look at me funny.

I'm glad the puppy is okay...and it was nice of you to look the other way because of the puppies presence. I would ABSOLUTLY give mouth to mouth if I could save a puppy's life...or a dogs, doesnt have to be a baby. In fact, there are a lot of animals I would save with this technique if I had too... There is a video I've seen of a man who gave mouth to mouth to a newborn deer, and it lived! It's mother had been hit by a car, and she had to be humainly euthanized at the side of the road. She was carrying two babies; one did not make it...the other was saved by this mans cpr. I would have done the same in a HEARTBEAT!

I am glad that Puppy is ok. I think I would of tried to save the Puppy with mouth to mouth also. I am not a huge dog fan, but I do love animals and I think I would give help to them if they really needed it.

I actually work at a veterinary clinic, and have done cpr on dogs a few times. On a puppy, you would actually do mouth-to-nose, so you don't over inflate the lungs. It wouldn't be a terrible thing, just as long it doesn't have intestinal parasites (which many puppies do). If you know how to do it correctly, it isn't that bad. I've blown into my own dog's nose many times just as joke. You really don't have to go mouth-to-mouth. It's not as bad as it seems, but mouth-to-mouth is kind of funny. I definitely prefer mouth-to-nose.

Yes I would. If the dog is my own, and I know that he is a clean dog i would do it. I would put a towel or something around his lips even my own tshirt and i would give a mouth to mouth resuscitation. I would try to do anything to make my dog back to life. c) ronaldinu 2009 - the more people I meet-the more I love my dog

I am glad to hear that the dogs was okay. Honestly, I am sure I would do it for my own dog in a second. But I am not so sure I would for a dog I was not familiar with.

I'm glad the puppy was okay. I don't own a dog, and actually don't like them much because I was bit when I was a baby, pretty badly too, I still have horrible scars from it. But I do own 4 cats. I think if one of my cats were to fall into a pool and came out not breathing, I probably would give mouth to mouth. My cats are almost as special to me as my kids.

I'm glad that the puppy is alive.. I love dogs even though I was bitten by a dog when I was still a kid.. I have 2 dogs at home and I took care of them when they were still a puppy.. Through your discussion, I don't know if I can do the same thing as the owner did to her dog no matter how I love my dog.. Of course, I also feel some disgust doing that kind of action.. I know that it might save the life of the dog but then I know that there are still another way on how to save my dog.. I just can't do it even though I love my dog so much... Its really disgusting you know!

Thank God, the owner was there and knew how to administer mouth to mouth. I do not think I would be able to give an animal mouth to mouth. First of all I do not know how to do it effectively. I would want to because I love animals and would not like to see an animal die. Kudos to the owner

I doubt whether or not I would do mouth-to-mouth rescutitation to a dog, but I also feel that if you have immense love to your pets, then anything is possible. Love is something great and has the quality to move mountains. When your loved one, be it human or animal- it is more than natural to completely forget what you are doing and become absorbed in the act of saving.

We see others dog as a dog, but when it comes to our own, we see them more than a dog. Dog is also a living thing and we get attached to it when it lives with us. I would accept that if it was mine,because if not i am going to loose it forever. and everyone know how important a life is to all. AND I SALUTE THE GIRL FOR DOING SO. VERY GOOD EXAMPLE FOR ALL AROUND THE WORLD. Very much thank to you for posting this. Great job!

Interesting story. I'm from a ranching background so I've seen my father give mouth-to-mouth to a still-born calf, which I thought was fascinating, especially when it saved the calf's life. If needed I could definitely do CPR on an animal, but I'm surprised a puppy would need rescusitating after falling in water. I thought they could swim. I guess this was a VERY small puppy. I'm also impressed someone nearby knew to give CPR and new HOW to give CPR to a puppy.

[i]Hi cynthiann, I will to my dog but I am not sure if I can do it to another dog...I am just being honest here! ANyway, this is the first time I've heard about it..Glad that they save the dog![/i]

I haven't, but if I absolutely had to I would. But as Lucy says, "augh, dog germs, get some disinfectant"...

Oh? hahah funny thing!! well, I don't know if I can do it.. resucitation to a puppy? I may find another way to save the puppy's life but not resucitation.

Hey cynthiann! Of course I would have done mouth to mouth on a puppy! I don't know if I would have been able to do it right, but I sure would have tried! I forgot the part that you do instead of the nose pinching! I would have done anything I could to try to save a cat or a dog! I am an animal lover so I would not have hesitated! I am glad to hear that the puppy was ok!

Hi ya cynthiann Hmmm, I'm really not sure. It does sound really gross but could you just stand by and let your dog die like that? Unless I was actually in that very situation I would just have to say that I simply just don't know!

Personally I am an animal lover. I have a dog, cat and a fish. I know that since I have spent my whole life around animals, I would probably do mouth to mouth if it was required to save my pets life, with exception of the fish cause I just don't see how that would be possible. I guess it would also have to do with wether or not it was my pet, I certainly wouldn't go around doing it on a strange animal.