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Yorkshire Terrier pressed panic alarm after owner collapsed in the shower

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Disabled Victoria Shaw, 58, had trained Louis, her Yorkshire terrier, to call for assistance.



He's just a pet but I've been training him to hit the button just in case, said Mrs Shaw, from Wrexham, north Wales.



But it's always been just a bit of a game. This is the first time he's done it for real.



I had been in the shower and I was just coming out when my slipper got caught under the rug and I tripped.



I hit my back and my shoulder and felt my leg going underneath me and heard a crack - I thought I'd broken my knee, but I hadn't.



I broke my glasses, and I can't see anything without them.



I can't remember hitting my head but I came round with my leg twisted under me and I could hear a voice.



Mrs Shaw suffers from poor eyesight due to glaucoma and also suffers from arthritis and on Sunday she had a nasty fall getting out of the shower.



She twisted her leg and passed out. Due to her disability Mrs Shaw is registered with Wrexham Council's Telecare service, meaning she has emergency panic-buttons in her home if she gets into difficulty.



She had previously put one of these on the floor and had trained Louis, nine-year-old Yorkshire terrier, to press it.



It was Louis' barking that ChesterCare Telecare operative Sarah Mcloughlin was greeted with when she asked Mrs Shaw if she was okay.



Mrs Shaw said: She asked 'who raised the alarm?' and I said it must have been Louis.



He must have thought 'this is not a game this is for real', and hit the panic button. He was right beside me, right in my face - he wouldn't leave me.



Rest of story: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/p...larm-after-owner-collapsed-in-the-shower.html



Aww, he's so cute and smart too!
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He's is just so cute that I had to come back for another look at him.
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