Daisy and Delilah
06-15-2009, 07:54 PM
This story is so hard to believe. The little fella survived the accidental flushing. There is a video but it didn't come with this article.
Yappy ending for puppy flushed down toiletJune 15, 2009 - 11:59PM .
A London puppy had a lucky escape after a four-year-old boy accidentally flushed it down the toilet when he was trying to wash it, the Daily Mirror newspaper reported on Monday.
The week-old cocker spaniel's young owner, Daniel Blair, thought the puppy needed a wash after it got muddy playing in the garden, so he put it in the toilet and flushed it.
But his plan went disastrously wrong when the animal was swept away and became trapped in a waste pipe for nearly four hours.
Firefighters and animal welfare officers could not reach it, so Daniel's mother eventually called a plumber, who found the dog lying upside down in a pipe about 20 metres away from their house in Northolt, west London.
The dog -- which has been named Dyno after the plumbing firm which rescued it -- is now safe and well and back with the family.
Daniel has apologised, blaming his twin brother for getting the dog dirty and saying: "I had to give him a wash. I'm so, so sorry. I won't do it again."
© 2009 AFP
This story is sourced direct from an overseas news agency as an additional service to readers. Spelling follows North American usage, along with foreign currency and measurement units.
Here's the video:
http://video.aol.co.uk/video-detail/dyno-rod-rescue-puppy-flushed-down-toilet/2132531854
Yappy ending for puppy flushed down toiletJune 15, 2009 - 11:59PM .
A London puppy had a lucky escape after a four-year-old boy accidentally flushed it down the toilet when he was trying to wash it, the Daily Mirror newspaper reported on Monday.
The week-old cocker spaniel's young owner, Daniel Blair, thought the puppy needed a wash after it got muddy playing in the garden, so he put it in the toilet and flushed it.
But his plan went disastrously wrong when the animal was swept away and became trapped in a waste pipe for nearly four hours.
Firefighters and animal welfare officers could not reach it, so Daniel's mother eventually called a plumber, who found the dog lying upside down in a pipe about 20 metres away from their house in Northolt, west London.
The dog -- which has been named Dyno after the plumbing firm which rescued it -- is now safe and well and back with the family.
Daniel has apologised, blaming his twin brother for getting the dog dirty and saying: "I had to give him a wash. I'm so, so sorry. I won't do it again."
© 2009 AFP
This story is sourced direct from an overseas news agency as an additional service to readers. Spelling follows North American usage, along with foreign currency and measurement units.
Here's the video:
http://video.aol.co.uk/video-detail/dyno-rod-rescue-puppy-flushed-down-toilet/2132531854