Miracle terrier survives for a WEEK wedged in eight-inch underground pipe

A dog survived an incredible seven days trapped inside an eight-inch underground pipe after running away during a walk.

Amazingly, Timmy the Terrier was rescued in almost perfect health from the narrow pipe.

The pet had gone missing after running off to chase rabbits during a walk near his home in Cheshire on 4 July.

Mrs Whittle and her husband Mark frantically searched fields surrounding their home in Whitchurch Road, Combermere, Cheshire, but for seven days there was no sign of Timmy.

After seven days, The couple decided to use their other dog Meg in the search and she led them to a sewerage pipe next to a riverbed.

Mr Whittle said: 'Angie was sure she could hear Timmy inside, so we phoned a friend who is an ex-fireman and he came down with us to try and get him out.

'Along with the farmer whose land it was, we managed to dig down 10ft and found the 8in wide steel pipe.

'It was only when we cut the pipe that we realised the sound had travelled and Timmy was actually about 20m or 30m away from where we thought he was.'

After five hours of trying unsuccessfully to rescue the dog, the couple called in the RSPCA and the Fire and Rescue Service.

RSPCA officer Claire Davis said: 'I assessed the scene and verified there was really an animal in the pipe and soon afterwards a fire crew arrived.

'They started work at 10.15pm and Timmy was finally pulled out unhurt by one of the firefighters at about 1.30am.'

Timmy was immediately treated by an emergency vet for a slight eye infection, but was otherwise unharmed by his ordeal.

Mr Whittle added: 'It was my birthday on Friday July 11 - the day we got him out of the tunnel - and getting Timmy back was the best birthday present I could hope for.'

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Moses the massive hound rescued from cat flap!

This is the enormous 13 and a half stone dog who was stuck for two hours after getting his head wedged in a cat flap.

Huge hound Moses Chan had to be rescued by firefighters after squeezing his big head into the tiny hole.

The 14-month-old Dogue de Bordeaux, who measures more than 5ft tall on his hind legs, had been trying to copy his owner's four cats, but didn't realise how big he was.

'I can't believe I have a blonde dog who thought he could fit in such a tiny gap,' said owner Lisa Saberi, who has only had Moses a week.

'He seems to think he's a cat. He is always trying to play with them and he tries to eat their food if I'm not watching.'

Lisa, 29, had left Moses to run around in the garden while she went to the shops with her 13-year-old daughter, Natasha and son Hayden, 10.

But Moses got fed up with being outside and when he saw cats Hunni, Clover, Paddy and Marley going through the cat flap he decided to do the same.

Luckily next-door neighbour Reece Young, 12, heard Moses whimpering for help and quickly realised what was wrong when he peered over the fence and could only see the back end of the big dog sticking out the door.

He quickly tried to free the huge dog but had no luck so called his mum, Jackie, who came home and phoned the fire brigade.

Lisa, from Welwyn Garden City, Bucks, a mature student at Ruskin Anglia University, Cambridge said: 'I wondered what was going on when I got back. I couldn't believe Moses had been so silly.

'He looked so sad and sorry for himself I was really concerned, but it was a very funny sight. You could just see this huge head.'

It took 45 minutes for the firemen to rescue Moses by drilling holes around the plastic cat flap.

The poor pooch was then taken to the vet with a grazed neck but is now on the mend.

Lisa added: 'He was very worn out and distressed, but he's much better now. I've taken the cat flap out and will board up the hole so it won't happen again.'

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Meet Gus the worlds ugliest dog!

PETALUMA, Calif. (AP) - Gus the dog has three legs, one eye and no hair, except for a white tuft on the top of his head. He's a real winner.

The pedigree Chinese crested won the World's Ugliest Dog contest on Saturday at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Northern California.

His owner, Jeanenne Teed, brought Gus all the way from St. Petersburg, Fla., to compete for the dubious distinction

After the excitement of the moment, Teed characterized her dog's reaction: "Well, I think right now he's ready for a nap."

The Chinese crested breed is a popular choice in this annual contest. Last year's champ, Elwood, was a Chinese crested and Chihuahua mix.

Gus' owner won $500 and will be flown to New York to appear on "CBS This Morning." The event will be aired on the Animal Planet network in October.

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Pet dog 'uses trampoline to escape'

One moment Harvey, a three-year-old Staffordshire Bull Terrier, was alone in the garden, the next he disappeared.

Laura Kidson, 27, is convinced the animal used her children's large blue and black trampoline next to the wire fence at their home in York to make good his escape.

Harvey has not been seen since last Friday and Mrs Kidson, a mother of two, said she had called the police because she was growing increasingly desperate to find her pet.

"He couldn't get over the fence on his own and must have used the trampoline to bounce himself into my neighbour's garden and got out," she said.

"He's something of an escape artist and has got out before, but we were just starting to think he had stopped all that.

"We have phoned the police and the council dog warden but no one has seen or heard of him and we're getting desperate."

Mrs Kidson said Harvey used to play on the trampoline with her four-year-old daughter Chloe and like to lie on it in the sun.

"The fence isn't all that high, but he couldn't have climbed over it on his own and must have used the trampoline to bounce himself into my neighbours garden and got out," she said.

"He liked to bounce on the trampoline with my daughter Chloe, but he rarely went on it on his own. He liked to sit on it and sunbathe.

"I was just putting the shopping away and Harvey was in the garden. One minute he was there, the next he had gone."

Mrs Kidson, who has a nine-month-old son Cole, works as a dispenser at Boots chemist and said her daughter was really missing the dog.

"It was Chloe's fourth birthday party on Saturday and she was devastated that Harvey wasn't there for her birthday. She misses him so much."

She said the family's 14-week-old Boxer puppy, Roxanne, has also been pining for her playmate.

**Update - Harvey has now been reunited with his family :) **

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Toad OK After Stay In Dog’s Stomach

PALMERSTON, Australia, June 10 (UPI) -- Workers at an animal clinic in Australia's Northern Territory said a cane toad has survived a 40-minute ordeal in the belly of a dog.

Jackson Crews, 27, said he tossed some meat pies onto his lawn for his dog, Bella, to enjoy, but in her rush to consume the tasty treats she swallowed a cane toad that had wandered into the yard, The Telegraph reported Tuesday.

"I threw them (the pies) on the grass and as I did I noticed a cane toad," Crews said. "Bella saw it and thought it was one of the pies. She swallowed it whole."

Crews said the local animal hospital told him to bring the dog in immediately.

"They gave her a needle to help her vomit," he said. "She vomited a lot of pies and pasties but nothing else came up. Then they gave her another needle and she spewed up the cane toad."

Staff at the clinic named the toad, which appeared to be unharmed by the incident, "Spew" in honor of the vomit that saved its life.

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