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A family in County Down have praised their 鈥榮uper鈥� dog for alerting them that their five-year-old son was trapped in the tumble dryer.

Riley Gedge-Duffy, who has Down鈥檚 Syndrome, suffered burns to his arms, back and head when the machine automatically started after he鈥檇 crawled inside.

Riley鈥檚 dad, Aaron Duffy, told 5 live the family dog, Teddy, a Cockapoo, alerted his wife who was upstairs vacuuming.

Aaron said: 鈥渢he dog was barking and growling and running around,鈥�

鈥淭eddy did this two months earlier when a phone charger went on fire, which let my wife know something was wrong,鈥� he added.

This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Wednesday 16 November 2016.