Dog Saves Central Fla. Woman From Fire
Woman Says Her Chihuahua-Daschund Mix Is 'Better Than Any Husband'
POSTED: Sunday, June 7, 2009
UPDATED: 5:11 pm EDT June 7,
2009
GROVELAND, Fla. -- A woman credits her barking dog with saving her from a fire at her home.Lillian Miller, 58, thought her Chihuahua-daschund Spaz just needed to go outside when he started barking around 3 a.m. Saturday.Miller had taken out her hearing aids before she climbed into bed, and she didn't hear her smoke alarm. But she did hear Spaz barking.She took him out, but when she returned to her mobile home in Groveland she saw flames coming from her living room window."He's my hero, he's my best buddy," Miller told WFTV-TV. "He's better than any husband I've ever had."Investigators believe an electrical fire started the fire.Groveland is west of Orlando.
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