Mindi Wynne fell in love with a collie at the pet store in the Trotwood, Ohio, mall where she worked. She kept telling her husband, Ron, how much she wanted it, but he didn’t seem to pay much attention. So she just kept visiting it during her work breaks and hoping that one day it would be hers.
Then one day when Mindi went to play with the dog, it was gone. “Where’s my collie?” she asked. “It’s been sold,” the pet store employee told her. She was heartbroken, but not for long. When she got home from work, she discovered that it had been sold to Ron. She named the beautiful long-haired collie Papillon, after the breed in the cage next to him at the pet store, and looked forward to many happy years with this new family member.
But two years later, the Wynnes feared that they couldn’t keep Papillon much longer. Although he got along well with their nine-year-old daughter, Amanda, and seven-year-old son, Matthew, they were worried about how he was behaving around their newborn daughter, Rachel.
“He acted what we thought was very, very jealous when Rachel was born,” said Ron. “He was always right there, right where the baby was.” He and Mindi were concerned for Rachel. “We thought all the attention Papillon was giving the baby was jealousy,” he said. “We thought maybe we ought to get rid of him.”
The couple said that Papillon has been jealous of their 5-week-old baby, and that’s why he became a terror! But one day, they changed everything they thought about him!
The dog started barking loudly at the door of the bathroom, while her mama was taking a quick shower. Mindi tried to ignore his sound and just focused on finishing the shower.
Then, the dog did not stop, and he even tried to break the door and raise his barks sound. That’s when she knew that something wrong happened. So, she left the bathroom to know what was wrong.
When she got out, Papillon led her to Rachel’s room. The dog then started putting his paws on Mindi’s daughter’s crib! She directly went to check on her daughter and saw that her daughter’s lips were blue.
Fortunately, Mindi is a trained medic. She called 911 and immediately got to work administering CPR.
“I covered her mouth and nose and just started puffing,” she explained.
Miraculously, the baby started breathing again. At the hospital, doctors found that Rachel had some food get lodged in her throat due to a weak muscle between her esophagus and stomach.
This incident changed the way the couple look at Papillon, and knew that he is the right pet for them. Watch the video below.
Sources: OpposingViews, Little Things, Little Things/Facebook
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