ELGIN, Texas — A very heroic dog from Elgin will soon be the recipient of an award for his act of bravery.

PETA is presenting  a Heroic Dog Award to Chrome — a dog who saved his family by alerting them to a fire in their home.

Before the Smith family adopted Chrome, others had passed him by for being too “high energy,” but eventually found his forever home with the Smiths.

On March 4, he woke up Laura Smith in the middle of the night to alert her to a fire.

They lost most of all of their possessions and their home, but Laura and her two sons escaped the blaze with the help of Chrome.

A GoFundMe* has been set up on the Smith family’s behalf.

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