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And they say animals are dumb

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OneFootInTheGrave Report 9 Oct 2014 13:24

A five-month-old cocker poodle may have saved his entire street from disaster by sniffing out a potentially deadly gas leak.

Owner Sue Brookes says Will the puppy was enjoying a walk in Greatham, near Hartlepool, when he stopped dead in his tracks and began growling.

When Will refused to move from the spot, Sue bent down to pick him up and carry him home - and it was then that she noticed a hissing sound.

Sue immediately called the gas leak emergency number and engineers rushed to the scene to cut off the supply after noticing a crack in the pipe.

Sue said "I had no idea why he stopped, but he wasn't going to budge for me. I was only a few yards from the front door, so I went back to where he was and as I leaned down I could smell the gas straight away and hear it leaking from the pipe. It was really strong when I got down to the level where Will was, and I knew straight away what it was so I reported it."

http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2014-10-09/hero-puppy-cocker-poodle-saves-entire-street-by-sniffing-out-potentially-deadly-gas-leak/

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I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"