The Rock donates $1500 to save The Rock’s life

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, 43, showed his generosity by contributing a sizeable chunk of change toward surgery for an injured dog.

Dwayne Johnson has donated $1500 so that a very sick pooch, The Rock, can get a life saving surgery.

Dwayne Johnson has donated $1500 to save the life of a dog who has also been named The Rock.(The Rock/ Instagram)

His generosity may be a result of his love for animals. Or the fact that the pooch shared a name with the famous movie star.

The dog was all fur and bones with his mouth wired shut when the Los Angeles shelter found him. The shelter found that the dog had a grade 6 heart murmur that required a $4,500 surgery, TMZ reports.

Someone made a GoFundMe page for the little pooch, which caught the eye of the Furious 7 actor and he donated $1500 toward the $5000 goal. (Dwayne Johnson / GoFundme)

Someone made a GoFundMe page for the little pooch, which caught the eye of the Furious 7 actor and he donated $1500 toward the $5000 goal.

Hangover 2 star Jamie Chung also donated $600. At present, The Rock needs $365 for his surgery and the shelter is planning to use any extra cash it raises for surgeries of dogs in need.