Panicked Christine bundled her into the car and drove straight to the
vets where experts hooked him up to a drip and told devastated Christine
to prepare for the worst.
But miraculously the pooch escaped with just a burnt tummy, mouth and
eye, and after a two-day stay at the vets was back to her normal happy
self.
Amazed Christine, from Utkinton, Cheshire, said: "She really is a lucky
Penny now - an absolute miracle.
When I took her in the vets told me to prepare for the worst and she
really was on death's door.
I really did think she would die as she had been in there for at least
30 minutes, and was just limp in my arms.
But amazingly after two days when I went to collect her she was running
around fine.
She's sat next to me 100 per cent recovered and we just can't believe
it."
Christine only welcomed Penny into her home three or four weeks ago and had spent the day running errands before the accident on Friday. Daughters Paislie, nine, and Megan returned home from school and Christine assumed the tired dog was having a nap in her cage in the kitchen or lounging in the garden. But unfortunately she was scooped up by youngest Sienna, who popped her in the machine and shut the door. Sister Megan, who was helping her mum out with the laundry, then turned on the machine's spin cycle at the highest heat setting. Christine soon started to worry about little Penny and after a quick search of the house decided to check the tumble dryer. "I had a bad feeling so went to check the kitchen and she was not in her crate so I looked in the garden and she wasn't there either," said Christine.
"I heard tumble dryer going I had an instinct she was in there so I opened it up.
I found her limp and panting with her tongue hanging out and feeling hot.
I ran upstairs with her and put her under the cold tap.
She was just flopping and on death's door."
They rushed to Birch Heath Veterinary Clinic in Tarporley where vets
hooked the pooch up to a drip and administered medicines to bring down
her temperature.
Animal medics filled two rubber gloves with water to hold next to the
dog in a bid to stabilize her temperature.
She was taken to Chester Gates Referral Hospital for expert attention
where she remained for two days.
But miraculously when a nervous Christine turned up to pick her up, she
was back to her normal self.
"The nurses couldn't believe it," said Christine, who lives with partner
Rob Ball, 31.
"She really is a miracle. I won't let her leave my side now."
Christine only welcomed Penny into her home three or four weeks ago and had spent the day running errands before the accident on Friday. Daughters Paislie, nine, and Megan returned home from school and Christine assumed the tired dog was having a nap in her cage in the kitchen or lounging in the garden. But unfortunately she was scooped up by youngest Sienna, who popped her in the machine and shut the door. Sister Megan, who was helping her mum out with the laundry, then turned on the machine's spin cycle at the highest heat setting. Christine soon started to worry about little Penny and after a quick search of the house decided to check the tumble dryer. "I had a bad feeling so went to check the kitchen and she was not in her crate so I looked in the garden and she wasn't there either," said Christine.
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