Adopted Mich. puppy saves his new family

GROSSE POINTE WOODS, Mich. - A puppy named Hunter is being credited with saving the lives of the family who adopted him just two weeks earlier, CBS Detroit reported Wednesday.

Hunter, a 3-month-old husky mix, was adopted from the Michigan Human Society at a Petco store in the Detroit suburb of Sterling Heights.

Two weeks later, on March 5, he alerted his new family to a gas leak from a burner that had been accidentally left on for hours. It was turned on enough "to emit gas, but not enough to light it," MHS said.

McLarty let the dog back in and brought him up into the bedroom where her husband was sleeping. But Hunter wouldn't settled down. He kept whining and eventually began running in circles in the hallway. Finally, the dog ran to the kitchen. A bemused McLarty followed him.

The McLartys estimate that the gas had been on since they had cooked dinner, nearly six hours before Hunter woke them up.

"He is the first dog we ever adopted (from MHS) and I would recommend it to anybody," said Tim McLarty. "And as cliche as it sounds, the life you save may save yours."