The pug in my avatar is named Austin, he is ten and we love him with our whole heart. However, we have never thought that he was very bright. Boy, were we wrong. Today my H left a pot on the stove and went to work. My daughter was sleeping (she is 22), and a fire started. I don't know why the smoke alarms did not go off, but Austin scratched her and licked her until she woke up. The house was filled with smoke and the kitchen was in flames. She managed to escape with minor burns and get help before it spread. I hate to think what would have happened if he hadn't inervened. MY Austin is a hero. 
(BTW, we are replacing all the smoke detectors tomorrow with battery ones)
(BTW, we are replacing all the smoke detectors tomorrow with battery ones)
- on another note, my Chihuahua just continues sleeping and doesn't care if my alarm clock goes off. LOL but I still love her, she's my number one. 
She is only one year old so I am wondering if she is still too young. We still love her though. Austin is very low key he doesn''t bark for things or ask to go out. He mostly just lays there. We never thought he would be the dog to respond to an emergency.
