A frantic call was recieved to assist in the rescue of a puppy that was stuck in a storm water drain pipe. The puppy had been stuck there for 26 hours already the local SPCA and owners of the property had been digging to try reach the dog for nearly 8 hours.

At approximately 7pm a storm broke out, and it was then that the SPCA realised that immediate rapid assitance in terms of a qualified rescue crew were required to save this dog before the pipes flooded and the dog drowned.

Rescue crew members arrived on scene, and assessed the situation, before commencing digging and exposing sections of the pipe.

Whilst waiting for the arrival of the snake camera it was decided to break open the pipes in various places and attempt to access the dog from there.

One lucky strike and we opened the pipe up right in front of a soaking 3 week old female puppy that was battling to keep her mouth above the rising water in the pipe.

The puppy was quickly taken to a basing where she was washed to try get the smell of the water off her and get the mud off the dog where after she was dried and warmed up a little before being handed back to her mother.

By the time we had packed up, the mother was feeding and cleaning the little one.