Hero dog hailed after neighbour rescue

A dog has been hailed a canine hero in Australia after saving the life of his 91-year-old neighbour.

Dylan's owner Amaya Tasker was shocked to see him immediately run over to elderly neighbour Norma Nolan's locked door and refuse to move when they got back from a walk, but when Amaya investigated she found Nora's fingers squeeze out from under the door.

Police, ambulance and firefighters were called and broke through the bedroom window to get to Nora. She had suffered a stroke and couldn't speak.

Amaya is quoted by the Manly Daily as saying: "We don’t even walk past her door when we come from the garage. He just would not come when I called him, and he’s quite a well-behaved dog. He would not leave her door.

"Who knows how long she would have been left there for if it wasn’t for Dylan?"

As a reward for his rescue efforts Dylan was given a big bone and plenty of hugs.