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The Rock Saved A Drowning Puppy Over The Weekend


By Jeanne Sutton
08th Sep 2015

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 19: Dwayne Johnson arrives at the screening of "HERCULES" at Event Cinemas George Street on June 19, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images for Paramount)

The Rock Saved A Drowning Puppy Over The Weekend

There are human men, and then there is The Rock. Or as he’d like to be known as these days, Dwayne Johnson. The wrestler turned blockbuster actor is being celebrated in internet circles today after he shared a story on his Instagram of his heroics over the weekend which saw him saving a new puppy he had adopted into his family from the deep end of his pool.

If that last sentence didn’t make you pregnant, go check your egg count.

Johnson wrote the entire story as a gripping caption:

Here’s a fun Labor Day weekend story… We just decided to add two new members to our Johnson family. Baby French Bulldogs. In my right hand is BRUTUS and in my left hand is HOBBS. Bring them home and immediately take them outside so they can start learning how to “handle their business and potty like big boys”. I set them both down and they both take off in a full sprint and fall right into the deep end of our pool. HOBBS immediately starts doggy paddling while BRUTUS (like a brick) sink heads first to the bottom of the pool. I take off into a full sprint, fully clothed, dive in the pool, swim to the bottom, rescue my brick, I mean BRUTUS and bring him back to the edge of the pool. He was a little delirious.. took a moment, threw up all the water he swallowed and looked up at me as if to say, “Thank God you didn’t have to give me mouth to mouth!” and then ran off to play with his brother.?

The Rock’s story had a moral too:

?A few lessons I’ve learned today.. A) Not all puppies have the instinct to doggie paddle. B) Some puppies (like BRUTUS) will be so in shock by experiencing water they will sink extremely fast so react quick. C) While spiriting to save your puppies life, before you dive in, try and throw your cel phone to safety. Don’t keep it in your pocket… like I did.?#BRUTUSLives?#HOBBSCanSwim?#MyCelPhonesDead#AndNoMouthToMouthNeeded?#HappyLaborDay?

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Here’s a fun Labor Day weekend story… We just decided to add two new members to our Johnson family. Baby French Bulldogs. In my right hand is BRUTUS and in my left hand is HOBBS. Bring them home and immediately take them outside so they can start learning how to “handle their business and potty like big boys”. I set them both down and they both take off in a full sprint and fall right into the deep end of our pool. HOBBS immediately starts doggy paddling while BRUTUS (like a brick) sink heads first to the bottom of the pool. I take off into a full sprint, fully clothed, dive in the pool, swim to the bottom, rescue my brick, I mean BRUTUS and bring him back to the edge of the pool. He was a little delirious.. took a moment, threw up all the water he swallowed and looked up at me as if to say, “Thank God you didn’t have to give me mouth to mouth!” and then ran off to play with his brother. A few lessons I’ve learned today.. A) Not all puppies have the instinct to doggie paddle. B) Some puppies (like BRUTUS) will be so in shock by experiencing water they will sink extremely fast so react quick. C) While spiriting to save your puppies life, before you dive in, try and throw your cel phone to safety. Don’t keep it in your pocket… like I did. #BRUTUSLives #HOBBSCanSwim #MyCelPhonesDead #AndNoMouthToMouthNeeded #HappyLaborDay

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