Dog alerts local family to fire, dies in blaze

The five-year-old Great Pyrenees is credited with saving the lives of Moss and her son David, 19, by alerting them to an early morning fire.... Smelling smoke and hearing the crackle of fire, mother and son fled the house around 6 a.m. with Jeter following. For an unknown reason, the 120-pound dog went back into the house and perished.... "He'd had such a tough time. He'd been starved, beaten and abused," Glenda Moss said, sobbing as friends and neighbors stopped by after hearing of the fire. "My dog was just amazing."