MANKATO, Minn. (AP) -- The sound of barking underneath a street Tuesday led a team of city workers to a dog trapped in a narrow culvert - and you might say they used a backward approach to rescue the mutt. The sickly, scared dog was about 50 feet from the nearest entry point, but since the culvert was just 15 inches in diameter, the workers couldn't fit into it themselves. Not even offers of food could draw out the dog. "He was exhausted," said Tony Talamantez, a public works foreman. Then Talamantez and his colleagues had an idea. They rigged up a long video camera used to inspect drain pipes, and approached the dog from the back. They used the camera to nugdge the dog forward until he reached an entry point big enough for a person to pull him out. The camera recorded the rescue, showing the dog scampering ahead in fits and starts as the camera pokes him in the rear end. The dog wore no tags, only a worn collar. But Julia Gosen, animal control officer for the city, said
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Thankfully he is so small that I can put his backside in the kitchen sink and bath his tiny hiny. Cut off some of his hair as well.
He is so embarrassed when that happens.
Yep, I know your boys are regular dogs at home, and at Betsy's, Frankie (?)or whomever was with you that day was working most of the day until you allowed him to "Get off work".
I hope that if & when I need a sdog the situation (at home) will allow me to have one. Otherwise I will need to make some difficult decisions.
I pinched a nerve/muscle in my back this weekend and could BARELY get around. The big dogs helped me. I called Gage to sit & let me use his body so I could push myself up from the bed/chair.
Even Fendi, the sweet but brainless pit walked very slow beside me.
Love those four legged kids !!!!
so sad for Frankie!
Jack sometimes has problems with his aim in his litter box...I won't go into details on this one!