Pair Of Minnesota Dogs Call 911 Dozens Of Times In A Row, Dontcha Know

One tweet says the dogs called 911 three times, another says they called five times, and the story below says they called dozens of times. Whatever the amount of calls, two things are certain – these lil dudes called 911, and they are good dogs even though they didn’t save anyone & just appear to have been bored at home.

From Fox 5 who could not resist lacing this story with awful dog puns (that I absolutely would have used if they hadn’t):

It must have been a “ruff” morning for a duo of dogs in Lakeville, Minnesota that called 911 more than a dozen times while their owners were gone, prompting police to respond to their home. It turned out the Papillion and the hound are the newest “pawtners in crime.”

Officers Roberts and her partner Officer Emily Bares have checked out their share of 911 hang up calls, but not like this.

“It was just kind of weird usually people come to the door, seeing two dogs go hyper is not something I see all the time,” said Officer Bares.

The officers rang the doorbell, walked around the house and were about to clear the call when they learned these pups had been hounding dispatch.

“Shortly after clearing, dispatch advised us they had multiple additional 911 calls and all they could hear in the background was dogs barking,” said Officer Roberts.

And those 911 hang up calls continued – 16 times! The only suspects were the doggone residents.

Officer Roberts was able to get ahold of the owner and got in the home through the garage.

“Went upstairs to his office to where the cell phone was, it was on his desk, it was on emergency call only, so in theory a dog could’ve called 911, and pushed the phone with its paw,” she said.

Cops having to pay a house visit to see dogs is probably a nice break from what they usually get. Inversely, one of their own police dogs went visiting humans at Gillette Hospital this week, too. Good stuff, Lakeville PD. Hope you get some hotdish & brewskis tonight.