Patches the dog saves his own skin by singing happy birthday

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Here's the story from the Herald Sun this morning - Really nice way to start my day...

"A HOWLING hound has saved his own skin by singing Happy Birthday.
Poor old Patches was on death row at a dog pound and had to prove his identity by singing songs he yodelled along to at family parties.

His elderly master had recently passed away and in the confusion that followed, Patches ended up impounded.

But, against all the odds, a Victorian Dog Rescue foster carer helping hunt for Patches was asked to sing Happy Birthday to a mutt at Mildura pound to prove it was the 15-year-old dog.

"I started singing to him and at first he got a sad, faraway look in his eyes, just like he was thinking about something or missing someone," said carer Kaye Grivec.

"Then he just put his head back and started howling along with me, and I just burst into tears of joy."