One Week Old Puppy Gets Stuck Under The Porch Deck, Firefighters Come To The Rescue And Reunite It With The Mother

"We can always rely on firefighters to lend a helping hand"

Maryjane

• Published in Animal Stories
• July 17, 2023

Firefighting is a difficult profession. Firefighters, more than most other professionals, need to have a wide range of skills and abilities in addition to the moral integrity needed to represent their department and profession in an appropriate and respectable manner.

Firefighters must possess a large number of qualities in order to succeed, given the high demands of their job and living environments. The first people to arrive at the site of an accident, fire, or other emergency are firefighters.

They frequently execute rescue operations, go into burning buildings and other hazardous circumstances, and work to keep their communities safe. Being a firefighter necessitates dedication to the position and a willingness to defend their community and animals too.

Occasionally, our cherished dogs get into dangerous or unforeseen situations and need help to get out of them. Thankfully, we can always count on firefighters to provide assistance to frightened animals.

A courageous group of firefighters recently freed a helpless one-week-old dog from a predicament beneath a deck. The Mount Pleasant Fire Department in Texas responded quickly to a report of a lost puppy and found the young dog trapped under the cover of a house deck.

They immediately swung into action, and you can read all about it below.

"Crews from Station 1 put their trench rescue skills to work and the 1 week old victim was successfully rescued"

According to a Facebook post, the firefighters expertly applied their knowledge of trench rescue to free the tiny puppy. Photographs of the brave crew's foray into the darkness, their careful excavation beneath the porch deck, and their maneuverable retrieval of the pup assuring its safe rescue were taken.

The Mount Pleasant Fire Department in Texas arrived at the scene to discover the newborn dog trapped under the shelter of a house deck

Mount Pleasant Texas Fire Department wrote on Facebook saying:

“This morning we received a call for a lost puppy. Crews from Station 1 put their trench rescue skills to work and the 1 week old victim was successfully rescued and reunited with its mom. Great job A-shift, station 1!!”

Captured in photographs, the dedicated crew courageously ventured into the depths, diligently excavating beneath the porch deck

The picture-perfect puppy has a tiny build and is distinguished by a pink nose, gray-white fur, and short legs. The average time it takes for puppies to open their eyes is 10 to 14 days.

The dog in the pictures was just seven days old and still had its eyes securely closed. Fortunately, the rescue effort was successful in reuniting the little pup with its mother.

Thankfully, the rescue operation proved triumphant, reuniting the young dog with its mother

Numerous others found the story touching, and many of them expressed their gratitude in the comments section of the post. According to one response, "Your remarkable efforts are truly commendable – thank you immensely for saving this precious furry companion!”

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Maryjane