Volunteer firefighters rushed to an icy lake south of Nanaimo to come to the rescue of a dog that had fallen through the ice.
North Cedar Volunteer Fire Department were called to Hemer Provincial Park shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12, to a report of a dog that had fallen through the ice on Holden Lake and was unable to climb up onto the ice or make its way to shore.
Firefighters were able to see the dog struggling against the ice on the far side of the lake, close to a property on Rugg Road.
Two firefighters crossed the lake from from the Hemer Park side on the inflatable rescue boat while a third firefighter entered the water from the opposite shore and managed to reach the dog. It was losing consciousness in the near-freezing water, but firefighters had it on shore and in a blanket minutes after mounting the rescue effort.
Percy Tipping, North Cedar Fire Department chief, said he did not know how long the dog had been in the lake before it was seen by the passerby.
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The dog was rushed to a veterinary clinic in Nanaimo.
Mike Newman, owner of Sakari, a one-year-old Bernese mountain dog-Great Pyrenees cross, said the dog was doing well after being treated and was close to being able to return home.
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He did not know what attracted Sakari off his property at the end of Rugg Road and onto the lake.
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Newman said he91裸聊视频檚 grateful to whoever it was that saw his dog struggling in the water and that firefighters could respond so quickly.
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