Vets install pacemaker in search-and-rescue dog

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This rescue dog has been rescued for all her good deeds... Surgeons at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine on Thursday installed a pacemaker in the 5-year-old chocolate Labrador retriever's heart. She needed the surgery after being diagnosed with a complete electrical heart blockage. Owners Allen and Alicia Brown of Saginaw were overwhelmed with offers to help pay the more than $2,500 in surgery, vet and travel costs after The Joplin Globe reported on Molly's need for the pacemaker. Medical technology company Medtronic Inc. donated the device, and a Kansas businessman offered to anonymously pay up to $2,000 of the cost. This is really something to repay all her great work all these years! What do you think? Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080523/ap_on_fe_st/odd_dog_pacemaker;_ylt=AtOhjR_Z_Xj3wjCgBUrlOsjtiBIF