Camera Catches Dog Taking His Bed To His Sick Brother
Interview With Owner
Everyone knows that dogs are a man’s best friend. This story will show you that dogs are each other’s best friends too. Spanky (6 years old) and Roman (8 years old) have been inseparable since they first met. They do everything together. When one leaves, the other howls and scratches the door. They sleep together, play together—you won’t see one without the other.
The owners of these two adorable pups found out that Roman was sick with ear problems, and Spanky was very worried about him. Since they had to wait a few weeks until the operation, the owners decided to put up a camera in their home so that they could keep an eye on the dogs while they were away.
One day at work, they got a notification and saw the most adorable moment between these puppers. Jackie Rogers (the owner’s sister) shared the video on Facebook and TikTok and it has over a million views!
In the video, you can see Spanky dragging his bed towards his brother. After that, they both lay on it, snuggling. Spanky brought his bed to Roman so that he would be more comfortable and would be closer for moral support. Isn’t that adorable?
This moment captured people’s hearts—they sent love and cute comments to the two dogs and wished for Roman to be healthy.
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Spanky helping his sick brother, by bringing him the bed
Jackie shared with Bored Panda: “Roman is the red one and Spanky is the white one. Roman is 8 and Spanky is 6 1/2. We’ve had them both since they were puppies! Roman is energetic, serious, all about hikes & playing, while Spanky is about snuggling, laying down, & sunbathing in any sunspot he can find. Since the day we took Spanky home, he bonded with Roman instantly. He has always cuddled up next to him throughout the day/night.
When Roman moves, Spanky moves to be near him. If we leave the house with Roman without taking Spanky, you can hear him crying/barking from outside as soon as the door closes and if you check the camera, he will be laying at whatever door Roman left out of. One day we were looking at Roman and I noticed his ear looked puffy. My sister took him to the vet immediately and they said he had a hematoma in his ear and needed surgery.”
Spanky (6 years old) and Roman (8 years old)
Image credits: roman_spanky
“The surgery was booked for 2 weeks out and 5 days before the surgery, I noticed his ear was huge and causing him discomfort, so I took him to the vet to make sure he could make it 5 more days without his ear rupturing and they assured me he could, so the day after that vet appointment was the day of the video.
We have a ring camera set up so we can check on them throughout the day. One day at work, I saw my notifications going crazy so I checked and that’s when I saw the video. Immediately, I watched it over and over again, not believing what I saw! I texted my sister to watch it and I showed my coworkers as well. Later that night is when we decided to post it so others could see. I posted it on my Facebook and TikTok. That’s when it spread like wildfire!”
Image credits: roman_spanky
“Roman has had surgery and he is doing so much better. He has to wear the cone for another week, but he has become adjusted to it—our ankles, not so much. The boys are back to snuggling each and every moment they can! My sister and I are beyond happy that this video has reached so many people and they loved it just as much as we do!”
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We contacted the actual owners of Roman and Spankie and asked how are the doggies doing now and for an update on Roman’s health: “They both are doing great! On Thursday Roman will be 2 weeks post-surgery, he is completely back to himself. He is not letting his healing slow him down at all, even though I wish he would take it easy sometimes! Roman is so sweet and smart. Spanky is our silly goofball dog! Both are very cuddly and think they are lapdogs!”
The owners sister shared with us what happens when Roman leaves without Spanky, but we asked what is Romans reaction when he’s away from his brother: “So Spanky is bonded with Roman but I had Roman first and he bonded with me I took him everywhere as a puppy so it’s kind of funny we always joke about it because if we take just Roman out he’s like see ya Spanky but then Spanky is so upset when he leaves!”
Image credits: roman_spanky
They shared with us how they managed to come up with such amazing names for the dogs: “I actually googled dog names and came across Roman and for Spanky we actually named him chief but after a day of knowing him we quickly realized he fit better as Spanky.”
The owners also shared that there are plans in the future to get more four-legged friends: “We will always have dogs in our house! I couldn’t imagine coming home to an empty house and no wagging tales to great me!”
Image credits: roman_spanky
The owner expressed their feelings on their post going viral: “It was surreal because I mean we love our dogs and think they are the best and I could talk and post photos of them all day but to see everyone also enjoying them was just a great feeling!”
They also shared some fun quirks Spanky and Roman have: “We love when Spanky gets excited and does his zooms because he’s normally the lazy one so when he gets going it is a sight to see! For Roman he does not bark like even as a puppy he didn’t but if I point at him he will side-eye me and then start barking and he’s ready to play!”
Image credits: roman_spanky
Here are some funny stories about the two brothers that the owners shared with us: “Roman is obsessed with water so much that at a pet expo last year they had a dock diving contest and I entered Roman, he ran off that dock amazed the crowd because no other pit bulls were doing that just labs and Golden’s but he wouldn’t get out of the pool! My mom and the guy running the program had to fish him out, I was laughing too hard to help so we say he is part fish! My now fiancé once had to walk into a lake waist-deep with jeans on to get Roman out because he refused to leave the water!
Spanky will wrap himself so tightly in a blanket that when I show people photos of it they think we wrapped him up!”
We hope you enjoyed this sweet story of Roman and Spanky, and we wish them many more snuggles and happy times to come!
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Animals are so precious! They have so many feelings too! I love that these two boys love each other so much!
jiriw, animals have unimaginably arduous, tough life, they have to do everything they can to survive; the life "poor, suffering" quarantined people cannot imagine and don't want to know about.
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This is gorgeous. They need to get another dog. Why? Because when one of them has to leave the other will be so bereft they may mourn themselves to death. Yes, that can happen. But if there is another pup there for them it will be a little less "traumatic". It won't lessen the pain of the loss but it will help.
People should be called pet (animal) guardians, not owners; animals are living, breathing, sentient beings, not a piece of property. It is so nice that these "oh so cute" stories reach so many people. What about animals which suffer immensely at the hands of diabolical, sanguinary, sub-human monsters? Why nobody wants to be bothered with all those atrocious, heinous cruelties?? You do not love those guys which are boiled alive, burn with a blow torch to death? And please, do not forget, farm animals have feeling too, learn how much they suffer in factory farms and how they die in the high-speed slaughterhouses - 3 hundred every second - so "people" could eat more than one million animals every single hour!!! Human abhorrent cruelty and apathy to animal suffering is what enables all those deadly bacteria and viruses. Please get in possession of your conscience and get involved: support a reputable animal protection and environmental organization(s). Thank you for your compassion.
I know many of you don't like these breed of dog, but let's just focus of how the dog care for his brother, that's so darn sweet!
Those breeds of dogs are the sweetest animals, if they are not tortured, kept hungry, and trained to fight each other by despicable b*****l sub-human monsters and all those of the same who keep them in this sanguinary, heinous business.
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what beautiful boys, and i'm glad roman is doing better! hematomas are no joke, i'm glad he's recovered so well
My wiener dog ended up with a hematoma in both ears, luckily not at the same time. I think the cone was the most uncomfortable for him, tho he did sucker me into hand feeding him.
I Love dogs and any aminal. dogs have so much affection and love to give. and all they want you to do is make you happy and love them back. they are so awesome!!!
Animals are so precious! They have so many feelings too! I love that these two boys love each other so much!
jiriw, animals have unimaginably arduous, tough life, they have to do everything they can to survive; the life "poor, suffering" quarantined people cannot imagine and don't want to know about.
Load More Replies... This is gorgeous. They need to get another dog. Why? Because when one of them has to leave the other will be so bereft they may mourn themselves to death. Yes, that can happen. But if there is another pup there for them it will be a little less "traumatic". It won't lessen the pain of the loss but it will help.
People should be called pet (animal) guardians, not owners; animals are living, breathing, sentient beings, not a piece of property. It is so nice that these "oh so cute" stories reach so many people. What about animals which suffer immensely at the hands of diabolical, sanguinary, sub-human monsters? Why nobody wants to be bothered with all those atrocious, heinous cruelties?? You do not love those guys which are boiled alive, burn with a blow torch to death? And please, do not forget, farm animals have feeling too, learn how much they suffer in factory farms and how they die in the high-speed slaughterhouses - 3 hundred every second - so "people" could eat more than one million animals every single hour!!! Human abhorrent cruelty and apathy to animal suffering is what enables all those deadly bacteria and viruses. Please get in possession of your conscience and get involved: support a reputable animal protection and environmental organization(s). Thank you for your compassion.
I know many of you don't like these breed of dog, but let's just focus of how the dog care for his brother, that's so darn sweet!
Those breeds of dogs are the sweetest animals, if they are not tortured, kept hungry, and trained to fight each other by despicable b*****l sub-human monsters and all those of the same who keep them in this sanguinary, heinous business.
Load More Replies... what beautiful boys, and i'm glad roman is doing better! hematomas are no joke, i'm glad he's recovered so well
My wiener dog ended up with a hematoma in both ears, luckily not at the same time. I think the cone was the most uncomfortable for him, tho he did sucker me into hand feeding him.
I Love dogs and any aminal. dogs have so much affection and love to give. and all they want you to do is make you happy and love them back. they are so awesome!!!
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