# Rescue lurcher shortlisted for award after protecting owners during confrontation

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/heroic-puppy-who-cheated-death-when-found-on-rubbish-tip-is-up-for-bravery-award-for-saving-owners-life/
- Published: 2026-10-31T16:39:41+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-31T16:47:33+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16254847/Heroic-puppy-cheated-death-bravery-award.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- A nervous rescue dog protected his owners from a threatening stranger.
- Mouse survived after swallowing plastic netting as a puppy.
- He is shortlisted for a dog bravery award.

## Summary

Mouse, a rescue lurcher who nearly died as a puppy, has been shortlisted for a bravery award after protecting his owners during a threatening encounter. Despite being frightened of strangers, he stood between them and a man who was shoving his owner’s husband, barking until the man backed away; the family then left after he threatened to return with a baseball bat.

Mouse was found abandoned with his two sisters at a Northamptonshire rubbish dump in 2019, when they were about six weeks old. He had swallowed plastic netting, which surgeons removed, but he was so ill that vets feared he would not survive; former veterinary nurse Tracey Ison later cared for him. She also credits him with helping her through a serious mental health crisis. The Burns Bravery Awards event is due to take place in London on 3 November.

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