Dog leads owner to save man’s life

William Lepsch, an elderly man from Pine City, Minnesota, regained consciousness after a neighbor’s dog run towards where he was lying prostrate on the driveway of his home and started licking his face.

Brett Grinde said he took Effie, a 15- year-old female German shorthaired dog, out for their usual walk on Monday evening, but a few minutes after, he noticed the dog starting pulling on the leash, wanting to go in a different direction.

Grinde let Effie off the leash and she ran to a driveway 40 yards away, stopping at the body of his neighbor, William Lepsch, 94, who apparently had fallen while retrieving his mail.

Grinde called 911, then started CPR.  Lepsch initially regained consciousness and was taken to North Memorial Medical Center.