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Retired Skipton greyhound's rare blood donations save dozens of dogs (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Retired dog Blake, who is competing at Crufts this year, is a seven-time canine blood donor.

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[โ€“] anon6789@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Yay for Blake the Donor Dog! My rescue clinic also has a doggy blood donor that helps make blood products for all kinds of animals.

Here is some random doggy blood trivia:

Doggos have over 12 blood types.

The first ever blood transfusion was done in England in 1665 between 2 living dogs. The first human blood transfusion was 2 years later. They gave him sheep's blood! ๐Ÿ‘