GOLDEN LAB PERFORMS HEIMLICH MANUVER

Debbie Parkhurst was eating an apple at home when a chunk got stuck in her throat.

"It was lodged pretty tight because I couldn't breathe," she said. "I tried to do the thing where you lean over a chair and give yourself the Heimlich, but it didn't work."

Parkhurst then began beating her chest, attracting the attention of two-year-old Toby.

"The next think I know, Toby's up on his hind feet and he's got his front paws on my shoulders," she said. "He pushed me to the ground, and once I was on my back, he began jumping up and down on my chest."

Toby's jumping apparently managed to dislodge the apple from Parkhurst's windpipe.