The Rock Saves His Adopted Puppies From Drowning, Somehow Isn’t President Yet

A decade ago if we were to run a story about a wrestler and puppies, it’d more than likely be because the viewing public finally got jack of leering old heel commentators making canine epithets about the chests of much younger female performers.

But we’re doing it in 2015 and it’s because the greatest person in the world somehow refuses to cease getting better.
The Rock is celebrating the US Labor Day long weekend by playing around with and potty training the two littlest, furriest, most holy shit so adorable additions to the Johnson family in the form of Brutus and Hobbs – a pair of French Bulldog puppies.
The Rock’s long been a dog owner. Potty training? Piece of cake, right?
Only problem there is that apparently as soon as feet hit ground, the little scamps made a beeline for the pool (unfenced, because America didn’t have Laurie Lawrence telling them to supervise/watch yr m8/learn how to resuscitate).
Hobbs managed to navigate it fine, but poor Brutus didn’t quite have the concept of buoyancy locked down and sank like a brick almost instantly.
Enter: Your mate Dwayne Johnson. Who pulled some straight-up boss-level Baywatch character acting and dove in – fully clothed, phone still in pocket – to rescue the little guy.

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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We know the saying goes “Everyone has the same 24 hours in each day,” but that’s gotta be utter BS because there is no way – and PEDESTRIAN.TV means “No. Way.” – that my man is operating on anything less than 31.
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