Dog guards baby forgotten in park overnight by drunk mother

A dog guarded a three-month-old baby forgotten in a park for a whole night in the Russian city of Saratov. The baby had been left by a reckless mother, and was later found with the loyal dog sitting by the pram. The baby’s mother, 22-year-old Olga, says she went for a walk in the park with little Vadim and their Rottweiler Lada, when she met her friends.

The girls decided to have a couple of drinks, and after several beers Olga, quite drunk already, went home. Only in the morning did the woman realize she had brought home neither the baby nor the dog. Fearing the worst, Olga called her parents. “She was in panic,” says Olga’s mother. “She was screaming that her son had been stolen”.



When Olga’s parents arrived at her home they started calling her friends. Later, Olga’s father went out to check the nearby park and discovered the pram with little Vadim and the dog next to it. “The baby was found wet, hungry and in tears, but what’s more important, safe and sound,” say Olga’s neighbours.

“The weather was quite warm, so the baby even managed not to catch cold. Thank God, the dog had been guarding the whole night and had been keeping away all strangers”. It is still being decided whether the irresponsible mother is to be punished in any way. At the moment, Olga’s mother is taking care of her grandson.