This is the dramatic moment firefighters smashed through a wall to rescue a dog trapped for five days - and reunited it with its grateful owners.

Gertie went missing and owners Connie Frick and Lynn Herman put up missing posters all over town.

A neighbour heard cries from behind a garage wall, and spotted the pooch through a hole in the floorboards of the room above.

The dog had fallen down a gap behind the garage, and was wedged between it and a wall.

With no way of lifting Gertie out, Cincinnati Fire Department cut a hole in the concrete block wall with saws and a sledgehammer.

After about ten minutes, firefighter Jenny Adkins was able to reach in and pull the dog to safety, who then ran straight over to elated owners Connie and Lynn.