Tag: Pug

Rottweiler Saves Pug Stuck in Well for 10 Days

Spooked by fireworks during a walk earlier this month, a Pug named Olive bolted. She seemed to have vanished from Wick, a village in England.

For over a week, Saffron Mackeson, along with friends and strangers, searched for her little dog. Their hopes for Olive being able to survive in the wintry conditions began to fade.

Ten days after Olive disappeared, Nichola Jones walked Bear, her 2-year-old, 110-pound Rottweiler, about a half mile away from where Olive ran off. Bear suddenly began to act strangely.

“I was just walking past a hedgerow and Bear stopped. He wouldn’t move,” Jones told the Daily Mail. “So I went through the hedge, and I found a well and looked down, and there was this black Pug.”

It was Olive who was looking back up at her. Jones climbed into the 5-foot-deep well and pulled her out to safety.

“I was worried she might have hurt herself,” Jones said. “She was petrified, but then her tail wagged. She was fine.”

Mackeson couldn’t be happier to be reunited with her beloved dog. “I’m so relieved,” she told the Daily Mail. “She’s lost a lot of weight, but other than that, she’s fine. We were so happy when we got the call.”

People that Mackeson said she doesn’t even know have been coming by, bringing Olive treats as the Pug recovers.

You know who else deserves to be showered with treats? Bear the hero dog.

“Bear is amazing. He is beautiful and has saved Olive’s life,” Mackeson’s mom, Zed Hale, told the Daily Mail. “He deserves a medal.”

Here’s hoping the gentle giant will get what he deserves.

Photo credit: joaquin uy/Flickr

Hundreds Want 35 Beagles Rescued from Southern California Hoarder

For every Beagle rescued this week from a suspected hoarder in Encinitas, Calif., there are about eight people eager to give the pooch a forever home.

“For these Beagles, the timing couldn’t be better. Beagles are in the spotlight,” Jim Silveira, president of the Rancho Coastal Humane Society (RCHS), said in a press release. He was referring to this year’s Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Best in Show winner, a Beagle named Miss P.

A total of 35 Beagles and six Pugs were brought to RCHS Monday by Four Paws Rescue after the dogs’ elderly owner told the organization she could no longer care for them. They range in age from puppies to adults.

And there may soon be 35 more Beagles available for adoption: a few of the rescued dogs are pregnant. Their puppies will be ready for forever homes in early June.

The Pugs have been taken in by Pug Rescue.

Silveira said the Beagles would be released by the shelter’s medical director “as soon as they’re examined, vaccinated, altered and pronounced to be in good health.”

Although they spent their lives locked up in kennels with little human interaction, the dogs seemed to be happy and healthy. Some had inner ear infections and others needed dental care.

Rebecca Stevens of Four Paws Rescue told CBS 8 that despite what it sounds like, the dogs had not been in a puppy-mill situation.

“These dogs lived in a clean environment. She just needed some help,” Stevens said. “It was a woman who loved dogs, and it just got away from her.”

According to the RCHS Facebook page, the approved applications have been entered into a lottery system, and the winners will be contacted by the end of the day today.

If you’re thinking about adopting a Beagle, the Beagle Dog Rescue Shelter Directory lists rescues across the country.

Photos via Facebook

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