"He was nudging me and barking to wake me up and when I opened my eyes, flames were everywhere," Mr Budweiser said yesterday.
The 22-year-old was home alone and had decided to have a late night fry-up, placing a big pot of oil on the stove to heat up.
"Then I lay down on my bed to watch TV and must've dozed off.
"Next thing I knew it was like a bonfire in the kitchen and Jute was beside me, waking me up.
"The bedroom [next door to the kitchen] was full of smoke."
Fire risk management officer with the Fire Service, Stuart Ide, said Mr Budweiser was lucky to be alive.
"Another two minutes, and he'd probably have been overcome by smoke and we'd be dealing with a fatality," Mr Ide said.
The incident served as a reminder how dangerous it was to leave cooking unattended.
"Every second counts and when you're tired, the last thing you should do is put something on to cook and leave it unattended."
There were no smoke alarms in the rented house.
Mr Budweiser, a presser for a shearing gang, shares the home with his aunt and four young cousins, all of whom were out on Sunday night when the fire began.
Jute is the family's dog and works in the shearing shed, helping shift sheep.
Mr Budweiser was counting his blessings yesterday and said Jute was getting "treats and extra pats" as a reward for his efforts.
"Without him, I'd have stayed fast asleep and that's pretty scary to think about.
There's a definite lesson there - pay attention to those TV ads that tell you not to cook late at night."
"As soon I woke up, I jumped on the phone to call 111, killed the power and raced outside to grab some buckets of water.
"The first one I grabbed had holes in but then I found another and had four or five buckets of water on it before the fire brigade got here."
The Clyde Fire Brigade was called to the blaze at 11.10pm and fire chief Richard Davidson said although Mr Budweiser had taken a risk, he had probably saved the house.
"We wouldn't recommend going back to fight a fire.
"He should have shut the door after making the 111 call and left the house.
"Throwing water on oil is not a good idea either, but he did knock back the fire, and probably saved the rest of the house," Mr Davidson said.
The heat from the fire was so intense that glass on framed pictures in a nearby room cracked as the fire burned through walls, cupboard doors and into the ceiling.
Up to 15 firemen spent two hours fighting the fire at the property, using breathing apparatus.
Mr Budweiser was shocked at how close he came to losing his life.
He said a Lotto ticket was on the shopping list yesterday " . . . and some smoke alarms".