Dog Mistaken for Burglar in Rooftop Ramble

A Pyrenean mountain dog has caused a ruckus in the tiny town of Pontardawe in the Welsh Valleys this week, after stranding himself atop a roof and being mistaken for a burglar. The pooch got himself into a tight spot while his owners were away from home.

At first, concerned neighbours mistook the intrepid canine for an opportunistic prowler, but it soon became clear that this was no cat burglar – nor a dog one either; just a plain old pup with a head for heights.

While the cat’s away…

The troublesome doggy, whose name is Ollie and who is by all accounts fluffier than a cloud, decided to go on an adventure while his owners were out shopping. After finding his way onto the roof through an open upstairs window, the pupper moseyed on over to an adjoining roof, where the pitter-patter of his thrill-seeking feet was heard by the occupants below.

Julie Bowden lives next door to the dog’s owners and was alerted to his escapades by her teenage son, who had mistaken his pawsteps for those of a malicious burglar. Julie went outside to investigate and soon found Ollie running amok on the tiled roof, apparently unable to get down.

“A lovely dog”

“My son was upstairs in his bedroom and he came down to say he heard someone on the roof. I told him it was obviously birds – but when I went outside to look and saw that it was the dog from next door,” Mrs. Bowden explained.

“He’s a lovely dog with such a sweet nature but he does get out sometimes.

‘”They have an attic room like us and he must have climbed out the window and walked on to the roof. Our roof is made of slate so he was slipping and couldn’t get back, in the end, he made his way to the house next door to us, which is lower, and went down onto their roof.”

Coaxed down with ham

As soon as she realised the dog’s predicament, Mrs. Bowden called the local fire brigade, who were happy to have a change from their normal saving-cats-from-trees routine and arrived on the scene minutes later.

They had come equipped with a leg of ham in order to try and entice the doggo down from his 30-foot high perch, but despite the promised of cooked meats, it still took a full hour to get the pooch off the roof.

Thankfully, no animals were harmed in the making of this slightly ridiculous story.

Cat burglars more common than dog ones

While this tale provides a little light relief from the doom and gloomery which often dominates our headlines, the sad truth is that 99 times out of 100, movement on the roof of a building does signify an unscrupulous burglar rather than an adventurous pupper.

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