Let's have a pop quiz...
If you were a dog about to be euthanized, what would you do?

a)Pee on the floor.b)Claw, bite, maul someone.c)Yell, "Freeeeeeedommm!"

If you answered a, b or c, then have a nice afterlife, pal. The correct answer is d. Or at least that's what worked for a stray dog in Kansas City.

The unidentified Labrador mutt (later named "Lucky") was scheduled to be euthanized at the Kansas City, MO Animal Shelter. But at the moment she faced her executioner, Lucky did a very unusual thing, says canine caretaker Andrea Galeski. "She shook the guy's hand as he was going to put her to sleep."

Kansas City Animal Control  euthanizes an average of 19 dogs per day¹, and Lucky was about to be just another statistic, but the dog's pitiable gesture of goodwill was all it took to get a reprieve from the man with the needle. "He put her back in the cage," says Ms. Galeski.


Who could deny this appeal?
It was enough to win Lucky a last minute paw-don. (Photo: CBS 8)

After that, Ms. Galeski felt something had to be done. Her doggie daycare organization Puppy's Playpen was not looking for another pooch, but Lucky was persuasive.

"She just looked at me with the look of, What do you want me to do next? Just tell me what to do!" says Ms. Galeski.

"So I'm going to take her. She deserves a second chance."

Puppy's Playpen, which sponsors animal rescue, will be holding an adoption drive on April 21 in Overland Park where one lucky family may be able to take Lucky home. Drop by if you're in the area, and if you see our hand-shaking heroine there, be sure to give her a hi-5.

Well, ok, a hi-4 would do just as well. 

Not all situations call for the Gandhian discipline of peaceful resistance as in Lucky's case. Sometimes you just gotta run like hell.

Last year in Virginia Beach, a bulldog named "Roscoe" found himself locked up, falsely accused and facing a possible death sentence. But he wasn't licked yet.

Note - I thank Doginthenews.com for this article. Be sure to check them out for all sorts of dog news!