VILLARS-SUR-OLLON, Switzerland — A sled dog saved the lives of its master and two young children after they were buried by an avalanche.
The malamute, led by its master, Jean-Daniel Josi, was pulling a sled carrying a 2-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl when they were hit by a snowslide that roared down from the 5,711-foot Col de la Croix on Wednesday.
When rescuers arrived, the dog, Josi and the children already were free of the snow. Josi said the dog first managed to dig itself out, then freed the others. The children are the son and daughter of a friend of Josi's.
"He saved our lives," Josi was quoted by the Zurich newspaper Blick as saying. "I was under five feet of snow. I don't know how long I was buried."
