Puppy Survives After ‘Flush’ of Death
Dyno, the dog, shown after his rescue from the drain pipes. (ZT Pet News Photo Courtesy of Dyno-Rod Co.)
LONDON — A British pup had a narrow flush with disaster after his 4-year-old master decided to give him a bath in the toilet. Daniel Blair was quoted as telling Britain’s Daily Mirror tabloid that he tried to clean the muddy 1-week-old cocker spaniel because he was muddy, and he flushed him down the drain.
“Yesterday Dyno-Rod (BC Services) took a call from a very distressed lady from North London saying “Please help me, I don’t know what to do, the fire brigade are here and they can’t do it, ‘ ” said Will Craig, the Dyno-Rod engineer who responded to the scene.
The fire brigade and Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals had attempted to rescue the puppy for about three hours before the drainage firm was called.
The boy’s mother, Alison, was quoted as believing the pup might have already died, but hoped the plumbing specialists could help.
The local operations manager, identified only as Mark on the company’s Web site, was more optimistic.
“All we were concerned about was getting the puppy out alive,” Mark said of the company which waived service fees and used CCTV technology to locate the puppy in the drain about 20 yards away from the house.
Neighbors were alerted to forego flushing while the rescue was in operation so as to ensure the puppy wasn’t flushed into the main sewer.
“When I found him, the little puppy, I basically nudged him along through the drainage system — it took a while, but eventually got him to the next manhole where a fireman was waiting to pull him out,” Craig said of the successful effort which used the camera equipment to locate and push the pup to safety.
“Luckily the puppy was unhurt and he is apparently getting on well,” Craig said on the company’s released video of the rescue. “You know, it just makes you feel good.”
While rescuing puppy’s may not be the everyday task of a drainage specialist, the team’s quick thinking has now been honored by the family in naming the puppy, Dyno.
The Associated Press, Dyno-Rod Co. and Zootoo Pet News editor Robin Wallace contributed to this report.
Source:zootoo.com
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