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September 17, 2000

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Taz, the Dog of the Day
Name: Taz
Age: Six years old
Gender: Male Breed: Chow Chow
Home: North Carolina, USA
 
   What makes Taz special is when he was nine months old he saved us from a house fire. We had fallen asleep and had accidentally left a box too close to a wall heater in the living room. Our smoke alarm was on our kitchen table, because it had gone off that evening while I was cooking (no I wasn't burning anything). It got a little too warm in the kitchen I suppose, but anyway, about two that morning I thought I heard the phone ringing and then I heard Taz whining real hard like he was wanting to go out side real bad. When I woke up I, all I could see was smoke from the ceiling down to where I sat up in bed. I then realized the ringing was not the phone but the smoke alarm we left on the table that evening. Well, I screamed fire and woke my husband up and Taz was crying by then. We got the kids out and hubby put out the fire in the living room that had already started up the ceiling. I feel if it were not for Taz whining and crying in the bedroom, we would have died from smoke inhalation. In our eyes he is a Hero... We love dogs... home is where you hang your heart.
 

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