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Stray dog in Romania keeps injured cyclist warm until help arrives

Rider had fractured his clavicle after crashing in mountainous area in west of the country

A cyclist who  crashed and injured himself while riding in Romania may owe his life to a stray dog after it curled up next to him to keep him warm until rescuers arrived.

The incident happened in the Semenic mountains in the west of the country last month, reports Romania Insider, with the 40-year-old cyclist sustaining a broken clavicle after crashing.

By the time gendarmes arrived, he was suffering slight hypothermia – but clearly would have been in a worse situation had the dog not shared its body heat with him.

Posting to the Jandarmeria Caras Severin page on Facebook, they wrote: “The big surprise, and the emotional part of this incident was when the cyclist fell and remained laying on the road.

"A dog came from the woods and laid besides the victim as to warm him with its body. When we arrived, the dog didn’t leave his side and remained there until the ambulance arrived."

Last month we reported how in the United States, a cyclist in Georgia found a stray dog that had been run over and put it over his shoulders to take it to the local town.

> Cyclist finds stray dog run over by car, puts it on his back, and finds it a new home

He encountered a woman who was visiting on business from Maine and was so taken by the dog that she adopted it, paid for its vets’ fees and had it flown to join her at its new home.

There’s a happy ending in this case too – according to Romania Insider, an official from the Caras Severin County Council has adopted the dog that kept the injured cyclist warm.

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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Deeferdonk | 6 years ago
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The dog would have been just waiting for him to die so it could eat him

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Boss Hogg replied to Deeferdonk | 6 years ago
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Deeferdonk wrote:

The dog would have been just waiting for him to die so it could eat him

nonsene!

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ConcordeCX replied to Deeferdonk | 6 years ago
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Deeferdonk wrote:

The dog would have been just waiting for him to die so it could eat him

 

My experience of Romanian stray dogs is that they don't wait for you to die.

 

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matthewn5 replied to ConcordeCX | 6 years ago
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ConcordeCX wrote:

Deeferdonk wrote:

The dog would have been just waiting for him to die so it could eat him

 

My experience of Romanian stray dogs is that they don't wait for you to die.

 

Quite, they're keen to help you on your way as best they can, the sheep dogs, anyway. Their job is to keep off wolves, lynx or bears, so they don't mind their manners

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peted76 | 6 years ago
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I like how the dog found a home at the end of this tail. (bada boom tish!)

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hawkinspeter replied to peted76 | 6 years ago
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peted76 wrote:

I like how the dog found a home at the end of this tail. (bada boom tish!)

It would have been ruff on him if he hadn't.

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cyclisto | 6 years ago
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This is great, my encounters with stray dogs while on bike left me bitten or making near death swerving. You lucky guy!

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Beecho | 6 years ago
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I’m very much a cat person, but the in-laws are all about dogs. I swear the love for one of their muts has for my father-in-law is the tightest bond I have ever known.

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welshcyclistguy | 6 years ago
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dogs are amazing  heart.. better than people 

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RoubaixCube | 6 years ago
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Speaking of strays. 

 

I guess the proof reader has become one 

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StraelGuy | 6 years ago
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Top pupper heart !

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