This heroic dog is always around to lend a helping paw to his disabled owner as he spends his days pushing him around in his wheelchair.
Owner Laoma Yen claims he never trained his pet to push him in the home-made wheelchair,and that one day, the dog just decided to help.
Laoma travels just over half-a-mile every day from his home to his street-side shoe repair stall in the city of Luoyang in central China’s Henan Province.
Man’s best friend: Disabled Laoma Yen is pushed in his home-made wheelchair by his dog
‘When I looked round to say thanks, I saw my dog pushing me and was really amazed but also grateful.
‘I gave him a lot of praise and then ever since then every time I get slow, I get an extra shove from my best friend.’
Laoma found the dog on abandoned on the street as a puppy, but despite having the pet for two years, he has never named him.
They see me rollin: Laoma Yen claims he never trained his pet to push him in the wheelchair
Best friends: Laoma found the dog on abandoned on the street as a puppy two years ago
Travelling companion: The unnamed pet helps Laoma get from his home to this street-side stall
Together forever: The dog stays with Laoma throughout the day as he works at the shoe repair stall, and them helps pushing him home
Paralysed from the waist down after a car accident as a child, Laoma said he had managed to get by working as a shoe repairman for years but that he had started to struggle to get around.
But he admitted that even though he didn’t have an electric wheelchair, with the help of his pet dog he still managed even the hardest obstacles.
He travels every day around one kilometre to get to work at his roadside stall using the DIY wheelchair that he also made himself, and his dog is always at his side.
He said: ‘Ever since the story was in the newspaper he has been even more enthusiastic about getting into work, because once he gets there his fans are waiting with all the tasty treats that he usually likes.
‘I must say that if he carries on eating like this, he will probably need a wheelchair to get around as well.’
