8 years ago
Friday, November 23, 2012
Dog saves footballer and model girlfriend from carbon monoxide poisoning
A couple say they owe their lives to their pet labrador after his strange behaviour prompted them to call in engineers.
Heather Weir and Stoke City footballer Jamie Ness could not understand why their normally active dog Alfie suddenly wanted to sleep all day.
Investigations eventually revealed that the couple's Aga cooker was leaking lethal carbon monoxide gas that could have killed them.
One-year-old Alfie was sleepy because he was being slowly poisoned by the colourless, odourless gas.
Ms Weir, 22, who works as a model, said: 'Without his strange behaviour Jamie and I would have went months not realizing what was leaking into our home.
'I love him so much and I'm so thankful to have such a wonderful companion - he saved our life.'
Heather and Jamie, 21, moved from Glasgow where Jamie used to play fro Rangers to their new home in Cheshire in July.
After noticing a strange smell, Heather had the stove checked and discovered it had been serviced and passed that month.
However, she said: 'Within the past four weeks, Alfie was sleeping all day. He had stopped playing with his toys and was just very lethargic.'
After returning from a family trip to the United States, Heather noticed Alfie was getting worse.
She said: 'He just wasn't right at all.
Usually Alfie would be up and down like a yo-yo pestering me to play but instead, he went up to our room and slept for five hours.'
Heather had experienced a few brief moments of sickness but Jamie did not show any symptoms at all.
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