Moment Clever Husky Opens Gate And Seeks Help For Collapsed Pet Shop Worker
This is the moment a clever Husky stops exercising on the treadmill to help a woman who had just collapsed on the floor by opening the dog gate and going to fetch a helper.
The incident was filmed in a pet shop in the city of Harbin in the northern and easternmost Chinese province of Heilongjiang on 18th April.
The pet shop worker, name not disclosed, fainted in the store while huskies Alaska and Samoyed were exercising on a treadmill.
In the footage, the young woman is seen dropping to her knees, holding her head, and passing out as the two dogs walk on the exercise machine.
Alaska then coolly slides off the treadmill and walks over to the collapsed woman.
The dog’s tail stops wagging as it apparently realises something is wrong and then tries to revive the woman with its paw.
The husky then manages to open the front door and wanders outside to apparently seek help.
The clever dog is seen returning with a man, identified as shop owner Mr Yu, who checks on the collapsed woman before lifting her on his back.
Meanwhile, Alaska eagerly returns to the treadmill to join Samoyed, who had not stopped exercising throughout the entire dramatic incident.
Mr Yu then hurries out of the pet shop with the dizzy worker on his back.
The woman was taken to hospital where doctors said she fainted due to hypoglycaemia, a condition where a person’s blood sugar (glucose) level is lower than normal. The news site Baidu said she has since recovered from the ordeal.
Alaska’s owner said the dog is over five years old, incredibly smart, and understands many verbal commands.
The owner added that Alaska learned how to open the dog gate after only being shown twice.