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Wales Online
Wales Online
Adam Wareing

Dog herds cat downstairs every night for dinner so disabled owner doesn't have to climb up herself

A helpful pooch fetches his disabled owner's cat from upstairs every night when dinner is ready - so she doesn't have to climb up and wake the sleeping moggy herself. Tracy Roper's muscle fatigue condition means she'll take any help she can get around the house and cockapoo Alfie, six, appears fit for the job.

The clever cockapoo knows that Tracy struggles on the stairs so dashes up and herds Misty down from wherever she is sleeping. The 51-year-old revealed startling footage of her telling him to 'go and tell Misty her tea's ready' before he races upstairs and out of shot.

Just seconds later the three-year-old cat appears around the corner with Alfie nudging her from behind until they're both at the foot of the stairs where the moggy's bowl is. Tracy, who has chronic fatigue syndrome and is unable to work, says he does this every day because he recognises she needs help when Misty doesn't respond to her shouts.

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