Video: Hero rescue dog hailed for saving lives of nine people and another pooch from drowning, awarded ultimate canine accolade - an OBE
Marine rescue dog Whizz, an enormous black and white Newfoundland, spent his life pulling people in peril from the water.
He used his impressive strength and huge webbed paws to keep swimmers along the South Coast safe for ten years - and could rescue a dozen adults in one go. The 6ft tall gentle giant, who weighed 12 stone, also enriched hundreds of lives as a therapy dog and visited sick animal-lovers in hospital.