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The Winners

Newfoundland Dog


Purina has inducted two heroic Newfoundlands
into its Animal Hall of Fame.
Here are their stories:

Shana
1990

Calgary, Alberta     Shana, an eight-year old Newfoundland dog, saved her owner, Dorothy Laurin, from drowning when she slipped into a torrent of freezing rain water outside her home during a freak storm in Calgary. Despite a fear of water, Shana swam to her owner's rescue with no hesitation and directed her to safety.
 


Chacka
1986

 Winnipeg, Manitoba     Chacka, a Newfoundland dog, attracted attention to Ron Hamizrachi, 15, when the boy was choking and unconscious while recuperating from an operation for a brain abscess.
 


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