Husky rettete Anorexia-Patientin

Diese Geschichte rührt das gesamte britische Königreich: Als die an Anorexie erkrankte Krankenschwester Michelle Smart im vergangenen Jahr nur noch 25 Kilogramm auf die Waage brachte, gaben ihr die Ärzte noch drei Monate zu leben. Damit jedoch wollten sich Michelles Eltern nicht zufrieden geben: Sie schenkten ihrer Tochter den Hund ihrer Träume, einen Sibirischen Husky namens Rio.
Wie die Online-Agentur Ananova berichtet, geschah das Unfaßliche: Die Hündin hörte plötzlich auf zu essen. "Sie verlor sehr viel Gewicht", erzählt Michelle Smart. "Und das führte mir vor Augen, was ich selber tat." Michelle fing wieder an zu essen und erfreut sich seither des Lebens.
Ihr Lebensretter wurde jetzt als bester Hund Großbritanniens geehrt und erhielt 2000 Euro Belohnung. (Smi)

A Siberian husky who helped her owner overcome anorexia has been crowned the UK's top dog at an awards ceremony.

Rio won a £1,000 top prize for Michelle Smart, 23, who weighed four stone and had been given three months to live shortly before she got the husky last year. But the nursery nurse from Uttoxeter in Staffordshire started to battle her way back to health after she was given Rio by her parents.
Television presenter Gaby Roslin handed the trophy and prize money to a tearful Miss Smart at the Golden Bonio Awards 2003 in London on Tuesday. The 23-year-old said Rio became her reason to live.
"I had been in hospital and they told me I had only got three months and I wasn't bothered.
"I had always wanted a Siberian husky as a child and I was really pleased and excited, but they said I had to try and gain the weight - that was part of the deal."
During a relapse last year, Miss Smart said Rio had joined her in not eating. "She lost a lot of weight and it made me realise what I was doing.
"The worry I was having over her was what my parents were going through."
Handing over the prize at Kensington Roof Gardens, Ms Roslin said: "Our winner has virtually worked miracles.
"This animal offered his owner a reason to live and a life worth living," she added.
Rio beat 11 finalists, who will each receive £250 and a year's supply of dog biscuits.
They included Tina the German shepherd, who can do mathematics and Bobby, a male greyhound, who took on seven orphaned puppies.
But the panel of judges, which included actress Miranda Richardson, chef Anthony Worral Thompson and television personality Anthea Turner opted for the 16-month-old husky.
Miss Turner, 42, said: "This is an ongoing relationship and every day Rio helps to save her life because anybody who has been through anorexia, they don't just get well. "It's no different from any addiction."

This animal offered his owner a reason to live and a life worth living
Gaby Roslin

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