Cherokee County Fire Department in Georgia rescued a 2- to 3-month old yellow Labrador puppy at the bottom of 75-foot empty well Sunday morning, ABC News reported.
The homeowners saw the stray yellow Labrador and a black Labrador the day before the incident. The next morning, the black Lab was barking to inform homeowners about its predicament.
"I don't think anyone knows how it got down there for sure, but right now we're guessing it just fell in," Tim Cavender Cherokee County Fire Department spokesman said.
Firefighter Brendan O'Brian rappeled down the well and he came back with the puppy that was later treated and given oxygen.
"Animal control in the county took both of them to be checked out and they're looking for the owners," Cavender said. But if the owners of the Labs can't be found, the homeowners are willing to adopt both pups.
The dog rescue is has been described as just "one of those textbook operations," according to Cavender who added, "Our guys are trained in technical large animal rescue where we learn how to rescue anything from dogs to horses. They knew exactly what to do."
