A 120-pound dog got stuck in an icy pond in suburban Chicago – but was rescued just in time by local firefighters before succumbing to hypothermia.
“Unfortunately, I thought for a second that I was just going to see him die in front of my eyes,” the dog’s owner Roseanne, who did not give her last name, told CBS News-Chicago.
A 7-year-old Great Pyrenees named Belle fell into a partially frozen pond Friday morning and treaded water for about 30 minutes. He was nearly passed out before Long Grove firefighters showed up and saved him, Roseanne said.
The pet owner said she was getting dressed in the morning when Belle was in the yard when she suddenly heard barking.
“I heard a very loud scream. I thought, ‘Oh that’s not good.’ So I went looking for him to see what was going on and that’s when I looked out the back window and I saw him treading water in the middle of the pool,” Roseanne told the news station.
An adorable dog got stuck in an icy pond in suburban Chicago – but was rescued just in time by local firefighters before he gave up or suffered hypothermia. A 7-year-old WBBM Great Pyrenees named Belle fell into a partially frozen pond Friday morning and treaded water for about 30 minutes. Long Grove Fire Department
“I was scared. I started crying,” he added. “I started shouting at her ‘Belle! Belle! Keep your feet on the ice because we’re going to get you out of there!’”
Roseanne tries to get into the pool to save her own beloved puppy but she struggles as the sandy bottom makes it difficult to reach.
“Everything is like drifting sand there. You can’t walk in it,” he told CBS.
Belle was nearly exhausted before Long Grove firefighters showed up and saved her, Roseanne said. WBBM
After a failed attempt, he called 911 and firefighters from the Long Grove Fire Department came with special equipment and suits.
“When they stopped, they could see the dog, on the ice and through the ice and getting tired. The dog actually had his feet up on the shelf, waiting for help,” Lt. Khristine Mullen of the Long Grove Fire Protection District told the outlet.
With winter temperatures and icy water, firefighters had to work fast. Roxanne estimated that Belle had been in the water for about half an hour already.
Belle’s owner, Roseanne, with the firefighter who saved her puppy’s life. Long Grove Fire Department
“Anytime the water, especially for dogs, gets to about 50 degrees, it’s only about 20 to 30 minutes that they can handle it, and then they get all that wet fur after that. You see hypothermia pretty quickly,” Mullen said.
Belle was safely brought ashore and had no medical problems despite the cold conditions.
Roseanne and her big pup visited the Long Grove lighthouse on Monday to thank their hero.
“If it wasn’t for the firefighters and their skill and their compassion, he would have gone,” Roseanne said.
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