Across his scintillating cinematic career, Dwayne Johnson has rescued many a person-in-distress. But while Labor Day didn’t see Johnson helicoptering across an earthquake-destroyed California or purporting to be a demigod and fighting warlord Rhesus, it did see him coming to the rescue of two demidogs — his new French bulldog puppies Hobbs and Brutus — and then holding said puppies up for an Instagram photo that masterfully juxtaposes two sought after things on the Internet: adorable animals and impressive pectorals.
Johnson gives a detailed account of the events leading up to the viral-ready image: he’d set his two new puppies down in the yard and they’d immediately sprinted toward the deep end of the pool. He chased them in when he saw that one of them had simply started sinking, and then, once everyone was safe, held them up like two particularly lovable dumbbells.