Firefighters Save Scared, Trapped Dog

This past weekend, Barrow County Emergency Services personnel at Station 6 met with a distraught resident. 

“She stated her dog had run under her house and had gotten tangled up in some electrical wires,” Lieutenant Ernest Weant said in a news release. “Frustrated and not knowing what else to do to get her dog out she came to the firehouse and asked for help. We offered to go see what we could do to help.”

When Weant, Lieutenant James Key, Firefighter Josh Shelby and Firefighter Teddy Brown arrived at the resident's home, they found a scared puppy unable to free himself from an entanglement. Due to the limited amount of space, there was no way a person could get under the house to free the dog. With the aid of tools carried on the engine, firefighters were able to free the animal.

Once freed from the leash, the dog was initially scared, but was easily drawn out by the owner using dog treats.

“Firefighters are called upon for many different types of help,” Weant said. “In this situation we were able to help a citizen out in a different way.”

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