Ashlin, 17, and Sian, 45, McBride owe their lives to their dogs who woke them and saved them from their burning home. Photo: SuppliedTwo treasured family dogs have paid the ultimate price after waking their sleeping owners who escaped their burning home with 30 seconds to spare before flames engulfed the property. But Clover, an american staffy rescue and Wilson, a labrador-staffy cross that was initially rescued by firefighters, died, devastating the McBride family. The dogs woke us up barking. McBride said her husband wanted to go back into the house to rescue the dogs but she refused to let him.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 30, 2020 00:45 UTC