It’s difficult enough out there for a human being (note: you shouldn’t be out there), much less for the smaller creatures among us. So they’re taking all the help they can get.

Jeff Lieberman went to shovel his way out his basement apartment in Edgewood when he noticed a very persistent rat following behind.

“He would try to climb the walls, just to slide back down into the path I carved,” Lieberman says. “So, eventually he gave up and patiently waited, slowly walking behind me for about 10 minutes until I reached the street.”

We imagine the rest of this rat’s day will go something like this.