Sheltie Jack saves neighbour
Lassie look-alike Jack the sheltie has been hailed a hero after saving his neighbour's life.
Lassie look-alike Jack the sheltie has been hailed a hero after saving his neighbour's life.
Next door neighbour David Feltham, aged 79, had fallen and lain on his drive for several hours in near-freezing temperatures.
But Jack heard him tapping on a gas meter and kept barking until his owner, John Wheatley, woke up, spotted Mr Feltham, wearing only a fur-lined shirt and trousers, lying in his drive and went to the rescue.
Now back at home in Rugby Road, Wollaston, Stourbridge, after spending two days in hospital, Mr Feltham said: "I didn't think Jack liked me because he always barked at me – but he's saved my life and now I think he's great."
Ten-year-old Jack, who is himself recovering from a bout of pneumonia and is on heart tablets, raised the alarm at about 4.15am on Monday.
Mr Wheatley, aged 67, rushed outside and covered Mr Feltham with a blanket, while his wife, Carole, aged 68, called an ambulance. "He was very cold and there was a light frost," said Mr Wheatley.
"Jack looks like a miniature Lassie and now he's a hero himself."