If it hadn't been for that constant and desperate barking that, at 4 in the morning, forced his owners to get out of bed to go and check that everything was okay outside, the story probably wouldn't have had a happy ending.
The doctor from Oristano Carlo Piccaluga, who probably saved the life of a young man after a night of excess , tells the story of his dachshund's "feat". "Camillo almost never barks, especially at that time of the morning," he said on his Facebook profile.
"I looked out the window to see if there was anyone in front of the house. Apart from the freezing cold, the street was empty. I went back to bed. But Camillo insisted, he wouldn't stop barking." It was at that point that the couple left the house to check better. "In front of the gate, hidden from view by a parked car, we found a boy wearing a short-sleeved shirt. He was clearly in an alcoholic coma. With that biting cold he was seriously at risk of hypothermia - the doctor continued - I immediately called 118 and shortly afterward the ambulance operators rescued him and transferred him to the hospital."
Only chance and the dachshund's nose averted the worst , but the episode brings up the problem of bad nightlife in the historic center. The latest episode Saturday night with yet another brawl in via De Castro.
