Dog burns house down trying to get a piece of cake

It was just too tempting to ignore, but when hungry pup Peggy jumped up to snatch a piece of birthday cake from the kitchen bench it nearly ended in tragedy.

The six-month-old Rottweiler cross accidently switched on the hob, setting the cake on fire.



Flames and smoke rapidly spread through the house and with Peggy's owners out the dog found refuge in the bath.

Fire crew called to Tony and Lorraine Shaw's home found Peggy close to death. She had stuck her tongue down the plughole in a desperate bid to draw oxygen.



Firefighters fought to resuscitate Peggy for around 45 minutes before she came round and she was reunited with Tony and Lorraine.

Sooty black marks she left in the bath are testament to her ordeal.