When Max the Siberian Husky returned to his Ipswich home alone from a walk "panting and covered in blood", David Symes knew something was horribly wrong.

He didn't know it yet, but his fiancee, Shaune Martin, was lying unconscious and severely injured about 200 metres from their Augustine Heights home after being struck by a car.

Max the Siberian Husky has been awarded an RSPCA Animal Hero Award for saving the life of his owner, who was hit by a car while walking him.

The Ipswich couple attributed Ms Martin's survival to what the loyal pooch did next, a feat that on Friday earned Max the RSPCA Queensland's Animal Hero Award - and a large bone.

Mr Symes said Max was "very traumatised and scared" when he showed up at the front door on October 11 "panting and covered in blood".