Sheriff’s deputies were leaving a call at a home in Fort Pierce recently when they heard a dog whimpering. Searching for the sound, they made a startling discovering in the vacant lot next door. A poor little puppy had fallen into a collapsed septic drain.
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“Scared and exhausted, they pulled him out, gave him several baths and attempted to locate an owner in the neighborhood,” the St. Lucie’s County Sheriff’s Department writes on Facebook.
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When the officers couldn’t find anyone, they took the puppy back with them.
Not long after that the puppy was adopted by the deputy who rescued him.
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It wasn’t long before the puppy (now named Puddle) put the memories of the dirty drain behind him…
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And as the Sheriff’s Office says, he’s “now enjoying a life in the lap of luxury”! And an occasional sneaker.
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