Doorbell flushes dog out of rabbit hole
Henry, a border terrier, was rescued from a rabbit hole after it barked at the sound of its owner’s doorbell
A DOG trapped in a rabbit hole for four days was saved by a doorbell.
Henry, a seven-year-old border terrier, vanished while on a walk in Prestbury, Cheshire, on Sept 14.
After a three-day search, the dog’s owner, Beverley Leonard, called the fire service, which sent its animal rescue unit. Even after a search using specialist cameras to look into rabbit holes, Henry could not be seen or heard.
When one of the crew remarked that the search would be easier if Henry barked, Ms Leonard remembered that the dog only ever barked at her doorbell.
She returned home, removed the bell from the wall, and, using an amplifier, spent three hours playing the noise down every rabbit hole.
Finally, Henry responded and the firemen returned to free the dog.
Ms Leonard said: “They had to saw through a holly bush and dig until they got to Henry. When they got him up it was like we had won the World Cup.
Everyone was cheering and so happy that Henry was fine.”
She praised the firemen: “They were so helpful and responded really quickly. Every one of them was incredibly sympathetic and they didn’t want to leave even when we thought all was lost.”
Henry is now back at home and in good health.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11116534/Doorbell-flushes-dog-out-of-rabbit-hole.html
