A 13-year-old spaniel named Biscuit was rescued by Santa Barbara firefighters Monday after she fell into a drainage pipe at the north end of Cieneguitas Road.
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County firefighters work to free the trapped dog
A man was walking in the area with his three dogs when Biscuit tumbled tail-first into the uncovered 12-inch pipe. It was a 10-foot vertical drop, but firefighters — assisted by County Animal Control — were able to reach the dog from a horizontal vault.
Firefighters gave Biscuit oxygen during the rescue. They made a cinching device with an anchor strap and used two pike poles to maneuver it around the dog's torso and front legs. They pulled her to safety, and the whole ordeal lasted around 45 minutes.
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A good training exercise.
John_Adams (anonymous profile)
March 6, 2013 at 10:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)
We are lucky enough to have the most well-trained, courageous, strong and (handsome oops! that doesn't count) firefighters , in the whole country!
Bravo! there are many places in this country where the firefighters would not be ABLE to rescue a beloved dog! Time, rules, who knows what would prevent them!
Ours are able, willing, and take such care as to insure the dog did not suffocate during the ordeal by supplying oxygen!!!
My deepest appreciation; and my largest kudos to our absolutely wonderful fire department! True heroes; all of you!
Penelope
ps my admiration of firemen goes way back. in 1982; our house in Pasadena, California (with my husband and me, and our three daughters; burned down to the ground. ) 5 am my husband woke up with the roof starting to catch on fire. It had been building all night! in the attic (you need a smoke alarm in the attic! all of our smoke alarms worked; but smoke goes up! make sure you have one in the attic!)
Firemen saved 95% of the contents.......95% of the structure lost. Everyone alive (two adults, three pre-teens; two cats, two dogs, one pet rat) alive!! AND almost all of our "contents were saved!!!"!
When the fire was out; those firemen carried all of our "contents" out of our house. Never breaking one single thing!
Every single thing! It looked like a "yard sale!"
When we rebuilt our house; I invited the firemen to come to the "Phoenix" party! And they did! They so appreciated seeing the "rebuilt house"; they had never been invited to that before!
I wave and throw kisses! Every time I see a fire engine!
(who the heck is that old bat? I am sure they say!)
They are the BEST!!!)
How fabulous you got that picture with that dog! Tears streamed down my face at the wonderful story; and the memories it brought back!
thank you!!!
BRAVO, BRAVO, BRAVO!!!!!
penelopeb (anonymous profile)
March 7, 2013 at 11:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)