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Vicar gives dog kiss of life

By Mark Cox
May 10, 2010 at 12:08 pm

The next time someone accuses one particular Cheshire vicar of having dog-breath, they may well have a point.

The Reverend Ian Blay recently had to bring a wedding rehearsal to a grinding halt after his wife rushed down the aisle carrying the limp body of their dearly beloved pet pooch. Poor Izzy, an eight-year-old terrier, had choked on a piece of cheese.

Undaunted by the seemingly lifeless form before him, the heroic vicar deftly removed the cheddary obstruction and commenced to giving the ailing hound the kiss of life. (Impressively, the father of the bride also chipped in with some chest compressions.) Miraculously, the procedure worked and Reverend Blay brought Izzy back from the very brink of meeting its doggy maker.

Now, this may sound like a barking situation but it just goes to show that a bit of first aid knowledge can prove crucial in all kinds of weird and wonderful situations.

The Reverend’s wife, Suzanne, was later full of praise for her husband’s heavenly intervention. She said: “Ian was incredible and saved Izzy’s life. Bizarrely, his kiss of life happened just as the couple reached the bit where the groom has to kiss the bride.”

Quite what the happy couple thought of the scene unfolding before them – the man appointed to marry them and a wee dog stealing their ‘big kiss’ moment – isn’t a matter of public record. Which, perhaps,  is just as well.

After enduring such a ruff ordeal, Izzy is now recovering at home in a cosy vicarage in Cheshire.

Cheese, it is fair to say,  is firmly off the canine menu.

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