Dog guards trapped friend for a week

Dog guards trapped friend for a week

VASHON ISLAND, Wash. -- An animal shelter says a dog dutifully stood guard for nearly a week to protect another dog that had fallen in a cistern. Tillie, a setter mix, left Phoebe's side only to try to alert people of her trapped friend. Tillie was found lying beside an old cistern. Inside, rescuers found Phoebe, a basset hound, on a pile of stones above the water. The dogs were cold and hungry but otherwise unharmed.

-- Associated Press