--- title: Dog Dials 911 on Smartphone description: Bad dog, bad canonical: https://time.com/39733/dog-dials-911-on-smartphone/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-27T07:00:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:08:14.277Z og:title: Dog Dials 911 on Smartphone og:description: Bad dog, bad og:url: https://time.com/39733/dog-dials-911-on-smartphone/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dog Dials 911 on Smartphone twitter:description: Bad dog, bad twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Dog Dials 911 on Smartphone by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 27, 2014 7:00 AM UTC by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 27, 2014 7:00 AM UTC A dog in Nebraska accidentally dialed 911 on a smartphone when trying to cuddle up next to its owner on the couch, [AP reports.](http://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/nebraska-dog-dials-911-owners-smartphone-23075432) The owner, Melissa Acosta, discovered her dog had dialed the number when she heard a voice asking for an address of emergency and realized her dog had scratched the screen of her smartphone lying in the couch with its paws. The owner says the whole episode “was a little embarrassing.” According to the 911 Assistant Director Marilyn Gable, it’s the first time a dog has called 911. \[[AP](http://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/nebraska-dog-dials-911-owners-smartphone-23075432)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/39733/dog-dials-911-on-smartphone/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/39733/dog-dials-911-on-smartphone/"},"headline":"Dog Dials 911 on Smartphone","datePublished":"2014-03-27T07:00:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:14.277Z","description":"Bad dog, bad","url":"https://time.com/39733/dog-dials-911-on-smartphone/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Smartphones","U.S.","9/11","Dog","nebraska"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/39733/dog-dials-911-on-smartphone/","name":"Dog Dials 911 on Smartphone"}}]}] ```