Argentine dog saves abandoned baby (Awww...good puppers!)

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Argentine dog saves abandoned baby
By Daniel Schweimler
BBC News, Buenos Aires

La China has become a celebrity in her shanty town (Photo courtesy of Clarin)
An eight-year-old dog has touched the hearts of Argentines by saving the life of an abandoned baby, placing him safely alongside her own new puppies.

The country's media are calling him "the miracle baby".

He was born prematurely to a 14-year-old girl in a shanty town outside the capital, Buenos Aires.

She is said to have panicked and abandoned the boy in a field, surrounded by wooden boxes and rubbish.

Then along came La China, the dog which somehow picked up the baby and carried him 50m to place him alongside her own puppies.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7577275.stm

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1. An 8lb 13 oz premature baby? Whoa!

Good doggie!

[Codeine]

2. Good Girl! nt

[Imagine My Surprise]

3. What a sweetheart!

[Solly Mack]

4. I hope La China can get some peace and quiet

so she can eat... to take care of herself and her babies.

"La China, worried about her own puppies, is reported to be petrified by her new found fame, and her owner says he is worried that she is not eating."

[applegrove]

5. I hope the family of La China can make some money off of this lovely story.

I hope those pups sell for $1000. I hope the people of the shanty town do well because of this super dog.

[malaise]

6. Beautiful story

Something is wrong with that weight.