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Kieran Corcoran
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A heroic trainee guide dog saved a woman’s life by knocking a chocolate out of her throat while she was choking.
Nell, just 17 months old, rescued Lesley Hailwood, 61, on New Year’s Eve after a sweet from a Thorntons continental chocolate box got stuck.
Ms Hailwood, an IT technician who looks after Nell while she is training, told MailOnline how the insightful animal seemed to know exactly what to do when she got into trouble.
Heroic: Guide dog Nell, just 17 months old, rescued Lesley Hailwood, 61, on New Year’s Eve after a sweet from a Thorntons continental chocolate box got stuck in her throat
She said: ‘It was new Year’s Eve, about 11.30pm. Nell was flat out asleep by then because we’d gone out for the afternoon and she’d had a long walk.
‘I’d gone into the dining room, and on my way back there was a box of chocolates. I picked one up, put it in my mouth