text: Aussie the dog had always been very protective of his owners Kai, seven, and Sophie, 10. But now their beloved pet is being remembered as a hero after he saved the two children from being electrocuted to death in a puddle in the aftermath of the New South Wales storms. Their family home at Caves Beach, near Lake Macqurie, had lost power so on Wednesday the children's mother Natalie Crane-Hayes decided take Kai, Sophie and Aussie for a walk in a nearby park. Scroll down for video . Aussie the dog (centre) saved his owners Kai (left) and Sophie (right) from being electrocuted in a puddle . The family were walking near their home at Caves Beach, near Lake Macquarie, when he was killed suddenly in a puddle that was connected to a fallen live electrical wire . Aussie – who the kids brought home on Australia Day this year - was always protective of the children . The park was full of large puddles and they didn't know it at the time, but the wild weather had caused a power line to fall down into one of the puddles meaning all the water in the park was live with electrical current. Five-month-old Aussie was walking just ahead of the kids and when he stepped into the first puddle he was electrocuted and died instantly. 'Honestly those kids were only a metre away,' their grandmother Deanna Addicoat told Daily Mail Australia. 'It would have been both of them because they would have followed the other one in. 'Aussie's our hero, he saved their lives.' Ms Addicoat said the kids were traumatised. Their grandmother Deanna Addicoat said the children were traumatised after seeing their dog die . Kai and Aussie shared a special bond and he is buried under a tree outside Kai's bedroom window . 'It wasn't something nice to see… Seeing an animal killed is not nice but for him to be electrified in front of them,' she said. They had to wait for emergency services to come and cut the wire before they could move Aussie from the puddle. 'The SES were excellent because they've got so much work on up here,' Ms Addicoat said. 'Once they knew there was a live wire and danger, Ausgrid came out and they were just so compassionate.' Ms Addicoat said the family hoped the tragedy would remind people about the danger of fallen power lines. Ms Addicoat said Sophie (pictured) was too devastated to watch Aussie be taken away but Kai wanted to be there to take him home . The kids' father Brendon Crane-Hayes (right) with Aussie, who is being remembered by the family as a hero . She added Sophie was too devastated to watch Aussie be taken away but Kai wanted to be there to take his dog home. 'Kai wanted to be with Aussie and stay in the car next to him on the way home,' she said. 'He helped his daddy dig a hole and they buried him in his favourite spot under the banana tree outside Kai's bedroom window. 'Aussie just loved Kai.' Ms Addicoat said Aussie – who the kids brought home on Australia Day this year - was always protective of the children. The remains of a staircase on Newcastle Beach. The Hunter Region, Central Coast and Sydney were smashed by wild weather on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday . Damage from the storms that hit the coast near Lake Macquarie. Winds reached  Category 2 Cyclone strength . A car is seen among the debris of houses destroyed by cyclonic winds are seen on  in Dungog . 'He would always round up the kids if they walked too far ahead, he was a cattle dog and that's what they're meant to do,' she said. 'Kai found these pups at market and his parents said no at first. 'But Kai said "When I'm holding him and his heart's next to mine our hearts are beating as one". How can you say no to that? 'Had they not got that dog that day, I don't want to think about what would have happened.' An Avoca Beach resident cleans up her property on the Central Coast after flooding on Wednesday . Damage and destruction caused to the Arkinstall family home by flooding in Stroud in the NSW Hunter region . Pulver St, in Hamilton South in Newcastle, was one of the hardest hit streets with nearly every second tree lining the street ripped up, falling on homes .
target: Aussie the dog saved the lives of his owners Kai, seven, and Sophie, 10 .
  He stepped into a puddle that was live with electrical current in the aftermath of the wild NSW storms at Caves Beach, near Lake Macquarie .
  The cattle dog puppy is being remembered as a hero by the family .