Feb
‘Devil Dog’ in Firestorm – But all is not as it may seem for this Rottweiler
Wait a rootin tootin second. Aren’t Rottweilers meant to be out eating people and terrorising local communities all over the world? What’s going on here then? A Rottweiler, saving a person’s life. Surely there must be some mistake? Oh, no. Wait. THESE are just the type of stories you won’t read about in the tabloids. Well done to This is Lancashire for covering this and well done to Lennox the life saving (yes, SAVING) Rottweiler who proves that the deed is always more important than the breed…
Rottweiler Saves Owner from Blaze.
A recent article featured online for This is Lancashire shows that it truly is the DEED and not the BREED that defines the qualities of a dog.
Reporter Ben Briggs, tells how a teenager knocked unconscious during a blaze at a relative’s home, owes his life to his pet Rottweiler, Lennox.
The blaze occurred after Mr McMahon returned from a night out and attempted to cook himself some food. He later noticed smoke pouring from the kitchen and when he went to investigate, a blast from the cooker knocked him unconscious. The article says that Mr McMahon’s two sisters and their children where also in the building at the time but where alerted by the fire alarm and managed to get to safety. Both Mr McMahon and hero Lennox are fully recovered from their ordeal.
Owner Carl McMahon told This is Lancashire reporter Ben Briggs that
“If it wasn’t for Lennox and the firemen I would probably be dead. He stayed next to me and was yelping.”
“It was that noise that led firefighters to find me and they dragged me out.”
“The last thing I remember was the cooker blowing up and then waking up in the back of the ambulance.”
After writing about so many negative things in recent weeks it is nice to see a story in the media that includes the word “Rottweiler” without pairing it up with “Devil Dog” or similar . It is clear that Mr McMahons dog played a part in getting him to safety. In such a frightening scenario it shows just how strong a bond between a dog and his owner can be.
This is Lancashire should be commended for printing a story that could so easily have been ignored.
Maybe we need a “Hall of Fame” for reporters like Ben Briggs who can see past the breed and find a true hero.
How long before the ‘red-tops’ claim that the Rottweiler was making dinner and it failed to keep an eye on the cooker! They come up with worse stuff than that!
what a wonderful story. my american bulldog also saved my son in a house fire. i was screaming for my son to get out of his room after waking up for the loo at 5.30 am to discover the upstairs ablaze. luckily my 10 stone ab had abit more nowse than me and could not be dragged from the room into the hallway. i tried to get up to them but felt a massive burning in my throat as i tried to get up to them. i realised i would be dead in seconds and that if my son had of come out that way they would have been burnt to death or suffered massive smoke inhalation and died anyway. i got my son to jump out of the window and i went up a ladder and got my dog out by throwing him out of the window. he dropped rolled and got to his feet as if he had only fallen a short distance.
i was asked to do an article on this by a freelance journalist but when she discovered how many dogs i had she wanted to base the story on that and not on what a hero my dog is. such a shame as i would have loved to have educated the ignorant on what faithfull dogs these really are. willing to risk thier own lives in order to save thier loved one.