A 14-year-old dachshund named Sam is being called a hero after he woke up his owners when their house caught on fire last week.
A family in Boulder County, Colorado was having electrical issues at their house on Friday – but they weren’t able to reach an electrician to reset their breaker box.
Later that night, Sam woke the family up by barking – and the family discovered smoke in the ceiling – and they were able to safely evacuate.
“If it would not have been for Sam, the fire might not have been detected until it was too late,” the sheriff’s office wrote in a Facebook post.