Local Hero

This morning was any usual weekend day when I had work. I woke up early around 8 am and had a long hot relaxing shower to wake me up. I packed my bag which I bring with me to work religiously because you never know when you will need a pencil-case full of stationary or a note pad! I put on my head phones as I walked my bike out the front of my house. I gazed up at the taunting sky thinking "will I make it before the heavens open". As I kicked my three speed into gear and peddled my way towards work, I felt a dot of moisture hit my only just dry sky and realised I wasn't going to make it into work dry,


Half way through my local park which is beautiful is a big pond or a small man made lake I guess. It was starting to rain heavily enough at this stage so I took shelter under a group of trees as I always leave for work early so I could try and wait it out for a break. Through the trees I could see a German Sheppard and a mixed breed dog struggling at the edge of the pond. Now to fully understand this I wouldn't even be able to get out of the pond as the ledge is really high and doesn't allow for grip. I stood there unsure whether I was seeing this as there was clearly no owner about, I wheeled my bike over to the dogs and was thinking how can I sort this out. At that very moment a man with a dog just walked right by the two struggling dogs and continued on his walk. I was aghast this person could have helped me with the dogs and clearly saw even if I was the owner struggling. I walked towards the German Sheppard to help lift him out but he growled and bared his teeth protecting himself and his little buddy. Instinctively I ran the police (who else do you ring when your panicking). The police station is literally 2 minutes from the park and they said they would be there as soon as possible. They arrived in true police person fashion to save the day and braving the elements (I was completely soaked at this stage but my main focus was the dogs) they lifted the small dog out straight away and encourage the German Sheppard to use all his might to escape his impending doom.

I left the scene then and cycled the rest of the way to work. I arrived frazzled and saturated, the thought that someone would just walk by two dogs that were relying on humans for assistance and he himself owned a dog and therefore felt the same connection to dogs that I would.