We hear stories all the time about heroic animals saving their owners from danger.
Laney, a black Labrador from Portage, IN is a hero after biting her 13 year old owners foot repeatedly in an attempt to wake him up during a fire. The boy was having a sleepover in the basement with 2 friends. Aside from his friends, he was home alone because his parents were at work.
Firefighters arrived about 10 a.m. and found the home’s garage and eaves on fire. The damage was mostly in the attached one-car garage of the home.
The fire, which caused an estimated $25,000 in damage to the home, appeared to have started in an electrical heating unit in the garage.
Without Laney, the outcome could have been tragic. Three cheers for Laney! 
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January 8, 2008 - 8:50 am
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Cynthia
Beijing, China has graduated its first guide dog from a training center affiliated with Dalian Medical University in Liaoning. Five dogs total are scheduled to graduate.
Ping Yali, the partially blind former Paralympic athlete is now the proud owner of Lucky (a golden retriever), Beijing’s first guide dog.
It’s going to be alittle difficult for Yali to take advantage of all the help Lucky can provide her because Beijing has regulations against owning large dogs & many large dogs are prohibited from entering bulidings. Plus, the city doesn’t even recognize guide dogs.
Read more about Ping Yali’s dilemma here…
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December 20, 2007 - 8:46 am
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Cynthia
A family dog barked to alert the family of a burning home in El Granada, CA. Luckily, the residents got out, but the dog didn’t. He perished in the fire.
Also a dog in San Salvo (Chieti), Italy did the same thing - the dog saved its owners from a fire started due to a defect in the TV plug, but died of smoke inhalation. When the firemen of Vasto (Chieti) arrived they stopped the fire and then found the dog - already dead - in the kitchen.
Both brave dogs gave their lives to save their families.
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December 17, 2007 - 8:45 am
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Cynthia
I mentioned Toby the Golden Retriever before. He did the Heimlich manuever on his master and saved her from choking. No surprise, he was just honored as “Dog of the Year” by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Toby wasn’t the only heroic pet. There’s Winnie, the “Cat of the Year.” She saved her owners from being overcome by carbon monoxide gas, which could have killed them.
Read about them here…
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November 5, 2007 - 9:09 am
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Cynthia
In Sydney, Australia, an Australian sheepdog named Tess saved her owner from a poisonous 6 foot eastern brown snake.
Fay Palethorpe, 68, was gardening on her property when the snake reared up and struck at her 3 times. She screamed & her 3 Australian sheepdogs came running. But it was Tess who bit the snake & tossed it into the air. Unfortunately, Tess was bitten on the ear by the snake and nearly lost her life performing such a heroic act. But the vet says she’s getting better.
See Tess here…
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October 31, 2007 - 7:57 am
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Cynthia
Courtney Chase, a former child star of the television show, “Blossom” saved a Shih Tzu puppy from being drowned by her neighbor. Courtney with the help of her sister rescued the pup from the neighbors apartment after seeing him try to drown the dog in the swimming pool. The girls rushed into the neighbors apartment, grabbed the dog and Courtney gave it mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. They rushed it to the local vet and the pup survived.
The Los Angeles District Attorney filed a ‘cruelty to an animal’ felony charge against the neighbor for “unlawfully, maliciously and intentionally” holding the dog under water. He faces up to three years in prison.
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October 14, 2007 - 3:31 pm
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Cynthia
A family dog walking on a trail in Hong Kong with its owner was attacked by a python snake. The owner, a British woman heard her dog scream and rushed to the sound where she saw a 14 foot python squeezing the life out of her 44 pound mixed breed dog, Poppy.
She kicked and fought with the snake and to her surprise, it let go and slithered away.
There’s concern that this may be a predator python as a Husky was killed by a python in the same area the previous year.
Read the whole story and see Poppy’s injury here…
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September 17, 2007 - 8:01 am
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Cynthia
Titus the Sequim, WA police dog is being retired after 3 years because he’s not aggressive enough. He makes a great drug sniffer, but he won’t bite the criminals. So sadly, he will lose his job and be transferred to another police department.
Obviously, Titus is a lover, not a fighter. 
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September 15, 2007 - 4:40 pm
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Cynthia
A family dog in West Vancouver, Canada saved his human kids from a bear. The children, aged 2 to 6 were in a treehouse when the bear wandered into the back yard. The dog stood at the base of the tree, barking at the bear and wouldn’t move.
The bear eventually left after the parents came out banging pots and pans.
It’s believed the bear came for the plums in the plum tree. Needless to say, the home owners demolished the tree to keep away any other bears that may be tempted.
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August 22, 2007 - 7:54 am
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Cynthia
A security guard in Australia spotted two men who appeared to be breaking into a van. When the two men, wearing large black hood over their faces saw the guard, they lunged toward him - which caused him to fall over a bench.
Unfortunately for them, they didn’t see the big Rottweiler near the guard. The dog chased the men for a time but came back to stand by the security guard until help could arrive.
When the men fled, they lost the hoods that were on covering their faces, so the guard was able to give the police a good description.
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August 14, 2007 - 7:33 am
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Cynthia
