Rodney by day – but a caped crusader for coronavirus!

WITH just a week to go to enter the Tele’s Paw Prints pet photo competition, more than 350 pet-loving readers have sent in cute pictures of their dogs, cats and others animals.

One particular “superhero” which grabbed our eye was Rodman, the French bulldog.

Although he goes by Rodney during the day, by nightfall he becomes Rodman, complete with a superhero mask and cape, and during the coronavirus lockdown he has been using his superpowers to spread love, happiness and slobbers across Tayside.

His owner Chloe Dixon said he had risen to the challenge and become the local area’s very own caped crusader.

Chloe said: “He really is a superstar, the superhero costume is his first outfit and he loves wearing it.

“We actually struggle to get it off him.

“He wears it when we go out for walks and the kids love it, it makes everyone smile especially when it’s windy and his cape blows, it is dead cute.

“I have always wanted a wee lap dog like him and he has his own Instagram and TikTok pages and he is really good at sitting for his picture.

“My grandad has dementia so we have been taking Rodman to the care home in his outfit to cheer up the residents during the Covid-19 outbreak – they all thought he looked funny, everyone was laughing.”

Chloe works as the dog warden for Angus Council and says Rodney is her shadow, sometimes even coming into work with her.

But right now Chloe is focusing on Rodney’s third birthday, which they will be celebrating in just a fortnight’s time.

She said: “It is his birthday in two weeks so we have lots of balloons for him and we are having a party in the park with him.

“We will take him out for lunch at an outdoor cafe as well – his absolute favourite thing is a puppuccino from Starbucks.

“We are also getting him a puffer jacket so he can match with my fiancé Brad which will be dead cute.

“He is his own little person.” She added: “I go all over the place with him but he has a tumour on his neck just now so we are taking it easy until that disappears and then he can get back to his adventures.

“I’ve been going through a really tough time recently but having a dog makes everything 10 times easier because they know how to comfort you.

“He is a very special dog.”

Paw Prints is the Tele’s first ever pet competition and there are three categories – dogs, cats and then a best of the rest.

Each category will have one overall winner voted for by