Have your pets/animals ever saved your life?

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Or do you know anyone who has been saved by an animal? I have heard stories of animals sensing carbon dioxide poisoning, defending their humans from burgulars, etc. Do you know anyone who has been through a situation like this? I have one story to share. Years and years ago, in middle school, I was taunted for being vegetarian. I had literally over 200 individuals emotionally torturing me on any given day...some of them, I didn't even know, but they knew who I was. After getting expelled for writing a hit list (I didn't know how else to defend myself at the time), I spent a few years in a deep, suicidal depression. I had tried to commit suicide the night I wrote the hit list and posted it on the internet on a website for all to see, but it failed. One night after everything was over and I was still depressed, I was lying on my bed with a pair of scissors within reach. I remember staring at the ceiling and thinking if I didn't get it over with now, I wouldn't. I reached for the scissors and instead felt the fur of my cat, Thomas. I had adopted him soon after being expelled from school, and he had decided to plop right down on the pair of scissors. It reminded me I was still needed here, and there were still beings that loved me regardless of what had happened. Even though it was not a direct saving of my life, if he hadn't been there on top of the scissors, I would not be here today. Long story, but it is mine. Anyone have any others?