Dachshund demonstrates that heroes can come in small packages

[Omaha Steve]

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By Michael Kelly / World-Herald columnist
Michael Kelly
Updated 15 hrs ago

A tiny dachshund — who’d been dressed as a lion to greet Halloween trick-or-treaters — a few hours later grunted a tiny roar to alert his masters to a fire.

At 2:55 a.m. Tuesday, Todd and Stephanie Murphy were awakened by 4-year-old, 18-pound Beau in their bedroom kennel.

“His bark was different,” Todd said. “It wasn’t the usual, ‘Hey, I need to go to the bathroom.’ It wasn’t the rare, impatient bark as if he wanted to get on our bed.”

Instead, it was sharper — low and serious, an insistent wake-up call.

FULL story: http://www.omaha.com/columnists/kelly/kelly-dachshund-demonstrates-that-heroes-can-come-in-small-packages/article_77d64271-e887-5ac5-9d04-effe4fb1a3ab.html

[Judi Lynn]

1. An amazing feat from this tiny lion. What a little hero. n/t

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2. Awwwwww, who's a good boy?!?