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Published: August 30, 2007
Four-legged rescuer wins hero award for bravery
By Robert Medley
With a toddler clinging to her neck, her knees and feet slipping on moss, Julie Whittaker fought to keep the girl's head above water.

Yet the more Whittaker struggled to get out of Lake Overholser , the farther down the ramp she slid into the murky water.

It took a 28-pound Pembroke Welsh corgi, short on legs but long in heart, to save Whittaker and her 2-year-old great-niece, Kyleigh Grace Todd , from drownin...

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