The Great Dane whose need for the toilet saved her master's life: Dog defused WWII bomb by urinating on it after it fell through family's roof during the Blitz

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Juliana extinguished flame on bomb when it fell into house in 1941

Three years later alerted customers to fire in her owner's shoe shop

Auctioneers find medal and portrait during Bristol house clearance

Do was killed by poison posted through owner's letterbox in 1946A medal awarded to a dog who extinguished an incendiary bomb by urinating on it during the Blitz has been discovered in a house clearance.

Juliana the Great Dane leapt into action after the device fell through the roof of her owner’s house in 1941. 

It is thought she put out the flame on the bomb by standing over it and emptying her bladder.

Three years later she alerted customers to a fire that was ripping through her owner’s shoe shop, earning her a second Blue Cross Medal.

The dog's fascinating story was only revealed when auctioneers conducted a house clearance at a property in Bristol and discovered the medal and a portrait of Juliana.

A plaque said: ‘Juliana - awarded a medal for extinguishing an incendiary bomb April 1941. Awarded another for alerting the occupants of her master’s burning shop November 1944’.

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