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A support dog has been branded 'Britain's bravest dog' after it saved its owner from a burglary - retrieved the stolen items from the thieves - and rescued two pet cats from a house fire.
Alaskan Malamute Storm, 12, won the Blue Cross Medal for saving owner Karen Crosby's life and saving the family cats from the fire.
The support dog first stepped up and came to the rescue after burglars broke into 64-year-old Ms Crosby's Liverpool home in 2019.
He chased the thieves from the house, forcing them to drop their stolen stash and alert a passer-by who notified police.
Storm was then called in to action again in May when a neighbour contacted his owner, who was out, to say her home was on fire and all of her pets were trapped inside.
Karen Crosby (pictured) and her hero dog Storm. The 12-year-old Alaskan Malamute won the Blue Cross award for saving his owner's life and their family cats
The brave pooch saved the lives of two of Ms Crosby's cats by pushing them out of a window as the house filled with smoke, then calmly waited by the kitchen door to be rescued himself.
One police officer described hero Storm as being 'just as good as a trained police dog'.
Storm was given the prestigious award on the 125th anniversary of the Blue Cross, an animal welfare charity specialised in helping sick, injured and homeless pets.
The lifesaving dog was chosen from 650 nominations of pets considered 'heroes' by their owners.
Ms Crosby, from Wavertree in Liverpool, said: 'Storm is a hero to me for everything he has done and continues to do.
'I'm over the moon that he has won the Blue
