Mandi, July 12 -- As recent natural disasters ravaged Himachal Pradesh, a pet dog Rocky in the Syathi village seems to have proven the saying of 'man's best friend' by saving his family members from a cloud burst in the region on June 30.

On Monday, as water started accumulating at the ground floor of the families' house in the village, Rocky alerted his family members about the situation, allowing them vacate the premises on time and reach a safe location.

Lalit Kumar the owner of the dog, recalled the incident of being saved by his dog, "I was sleeping before and soon as I woke up, we have this small dog. He was barking loudly. When I got out of the house, the ground floor was flooded and it was raining too much. I took him out, he sa...