The dog woke up his owners in the middle of the night to save them (6 photos)

For anyone who knows 8-year-old pit bull Roscoe, it has long been clear that this dog prefers cuddling than guarding the house.

The 38-kilogram hero loves his Lepert family very much.

They are everything to him!

Despite his friendly nature, Roscoe is always ready to protect his beloved owners, and he recently proved this in action.

The incident happened one unremarkable night...

“Roscoe slept in the bed with us, as always,” says Brian Lepert. “In the middle of the night he began to insistently ask to go outside, this happens to him, but usually we always tell him to endure until the morning...”

This time everything was different. Roscoe did not calm down, and Brian still took him out for a walk. It was 2 am.

When the guys returned home, Roscoe did not want to go to bed and continued to sit by the door, showing excitement. It was this fact that gave sleepy Brian the idea to listen more carefully to what was going on in the house:

“Something is wrong... I soon realized that there was a smell of smoke in the air!”

It turned out that the smell came from the basement.

Brian quickly opened the door and realized: there was a fire!

Fortunately, the family still had time and they managed to put out the fire manually. However, there were gas cylinders next to the fire!

Just a couple more minutes, and the house would fly into the air along with its occupants...

If it weren’t for the persistent Roscoe, everything could have ended very badly!

Knowing what exactly their dog did for the family, people felt even more love and gratitude for him, because he literally SAVED the LIVES of four people!

Leperts believe that the bad reputation of pit bull dogs is absolutely undeserved. Despite their menacing appearance, these dogs only need a little love and understanding in order for them to give you their whole heart!