Dog toots its own horn — and lives

Allentown, Pa., TV station WFMZ has a story about a chocolate lab who was stuck in a car and alerting its owners by honking the horn.

Here's the story.

Max, 11, owned by Donna Gardner of Upper Macungie Township, Pa., was mistakenly left in Gardner's car after she returned home from running errands.

"I came in and started cleaning and about an hour later I heard a horn blow," she said.

Gardner went outside, but didn't see anybody.

"So, I came back in the house and I started cleaning again and the horn blew again," she said.

She went back outside and saw Max sitting in the driver's seat of the car.

Max was checked out by a veterinarian. He was a little weak but OK.

Rescue dog gets pacemaker

The life of a 5-year-old chocolate Labrador retriever named Molly — a search and rescue dog — was rescued Thursday when surgeons implanted a pacemaker.

She needed the operation because she was diagnosed with a complete electrical heart blockage.

According to an Associated Press article in the Arizona Republic, Molly's owners were overwhelmed with offers to pay for the $2,500 surgery. The medical company that manufactured the pacemaker donated the device, and a Kansas anonymously paid up to $2,000.

After a couple months of limited activity, Molly will be able to return to full-time rescue work, the article said.