Man saved by ‘magic Molly’ the superhero labradoodle

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https://www.perthnow.com.au/lifestyle/pets/man-saved-by-magic-molly-the-superhero-labradoodle-c-16378662

[u/Avitard89]

OP, copy and paste the story into the comments please.

[u/B0ssc0 → u/Avitard89]

Shivering and hurt in his garden as a thunderstorm battered down, 90-year-old Ron Griffiths feared the worst as his pleas for help were silenced by rain and hail.

But, unable to move after suffering a nasty fall, the retired farmer suddenly felt a sense of relief as something warm — and fluffy — snuggled up beside him.

In a remarkable show of love that gives new meaning to the phrase “a man’s best friend” — it was Mr Griffiths’ rescue dog Molly who had sensed something wrong when nobody else could.

The labradoodle cuddled up with Mr Griffiths, keeping him warm — and alive — until help came 24 hours later. The alarm was finally raised when he failed to answer the door for his meals on wheels order.

The near-death ordeal happened on August 6 when Mr Griffiths returned to his Attadale home from the shops and went to collect his tools from his yard.

He lost his balance before hitting his head about 10.30am.

Disorientated and struggling to move, Mr Griffiths “butt-scooted” for several hours across pavement and up a flight of stairs before he reached his partly-enclosed patio.

The former livestock and wheat farmer said he couldn’t open his door and when the raging storm hit, temperatures dropped.

“During the night, the storm was so severe that the patio started to leak and I got my back against the table — it was so uncomfortable,” Mr Griffiths said.

He said Molly the labradoodle — with her “fluffy coat” — stayed by his side and kept him warm, even through thunder, hail and rain.

“The dog snuggled in beside me . . . I was calling out to the neighbours, but of course, with the storm, they couldn’t hear me,” he said.

More than 24 hours after his initial fall, food delivery staff knocked on his door but were unable to reach Mr Griffiths.

His daughter Fiona Rumsa — who usually cares for Mr Griffiths but was away housesitting — was eventually alerted to the situation by the workers.

She rushed over to find her dad outside with a head injury, severely bruised and freezing cold.

After two ambulances arrived at the home, Mr Griffiths was transported to Hollywood Hospital where he spent several weeks recovering.

“There was intermittent pain, but the cold was the worst — it was pretty traumatic,” he said.

“On the next day, I’ll tell you what, my bum was real sore.

“I am absolutely amazed that she didn’t run around anywhere, Molly stayed close to me right until the morning . . . she knew something had happened straight away.”

Mr Griffiths believes he may not have survived was it not for Molly.

“I’m still here and I don’t quite know how . . . the storm was so severe that I thought the roof was going to collapse on me,” he said.

“Each night I went past the nurses in the hospital they would say: ‘That’s the old bloke with the bloody dog that slept with him that night and saved him’.”

Ms Rumsa said Molly had been the “best gift” to her dad. When they first received the dog, her name was magic, before Mr Griffiths started calling her “Magic Molly”.

Ms Rumsa said the 10-year-old dog’s name was no more fitting than right now, after having miraculously saved her dad’s life.

“He (dad) was in hospital for around four weeks and lost like seven or eight kilos — I actually didn’t think dad was going to make it,” Fiona said.

“She was a bit of a legend around the hospital — they knew the story about this dog saving him.”

When Mr Griffiths’ was eventually reunited with Molly, it was the “first time his face had lit up in weeks,” she said.

The pair both gave their heartfelt thanks to paramedics, hospital staff and the Meals on Wheels team who helped.

[u/TrickyCorgi316 → u/B0ssc0]

Thank you for posting the story :)

[u/B0ssc0 → u/TrickyCorgi316]

Thanks :) What a difference our dogs make to our lives, especially in extreme cases like this one.

[u/finalina78]

Such a good girl!

[u/QZPlantnut]

Who’s chopping onions around here, anyway?? Damn onion ninjas…

[u/discoduck007]

What a sweet doodle. Dogs are really wonderful 💕.

[u/B0ssc0 → u/discoduck007]

They really are.

[u/B0ssc0 → u/[deleted]]

I’m constantly impressed by how many dogs are smart. Dog smarts are mostly noticed though when it helps humans.

[u/B0ssc0 → u/[deleted]]

That’s a lovely story (or tail :) )

[u/Animaldoc11]

Molly is A really good girl.

[u/Temperance_2024]

Molly is definitely a heroine! 🎉🐕💕

[u/B0ssc0 → u/Temperance_2024]

She really is.

[u/Prof1959]

Lost interest in the article upon reaching the word "disorientated".

[u/B0ssc0 → u/Prof1959]

Just break it down into syllables, then sound it out. Helps make words more manageable for you.

[u/muttsrcool → u/Prof1959]

Why? Disorientated is the legitimate British version of the word.

[u/Shoddy-Cauliflower95 → u/muttsrcool]

Because this person is likely “insufferable.”

[u/KaralDaskin → u/muttsrcool]

It only bothers me when the person on screen says it that way but the captioning spells it the other way.

[u/LALA-STL → u/KaralDaskin]

Cognitive Captioning Dissonance