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Five canines were all top dog as the Purina Animal Hall of Fame announced this year's inductees.

Corey, a miniature schnauzer, dragged his owner, Jay Sobel of Toronto, down the street tracking a faint voice in distress, and located an 80-year-old man who had fallen into freezing water while inspecting his swimming pool before the season started.

Peeka, a Lhasa Apso poodle in Saskatoon, whined and barked to alert her owners, Ed and Lee Anderson, that a newborn baby wrapped in a blanket had been left on their porch in -29 C weather.

A German shepherd named Freddie pulled his owner, Mike Hambling, out of frigid water when Hambling fell through the ice near the family cottage in Coldwater, Ont.

And Maggie May, a Wheaton terrier in Winnipeg, woke up her owner, Suann DeCourcey, to alert her that the carbon monoxide detector was going off.

In the category of service animal of the year, Missy, a dog in Hamilton who was trained to detect her owner's panic attacks and epileptic seizures, took the prize for barking to alert someone that a friend of her owner was having a stroke.

It was the 40th anniversary ceremony for the hall of fame.

Over the years, the hall of fame has inducted 138 animals - 114 dogs, 23 cats and one horse.