{"id":405683,"date":"2026-07-20T21:05:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T21:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/405683\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T21:05:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T21:05:55","slug":"small-dog-missing-for-weeks-rescued-while-swimming-in-san-francisco-bay-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/405683\/","title":{"rendered":"Small dog missing for weeks rescued while swimming in San Francisco Bay | San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"

Firefighters rescued a small dog that had been missing for weeks after finding it swimming into the San Francisco<\/a> Bay.<\/p>\n

The dog had gone missing over the Fourth of July weekend, according to the Menlo Park fire protection district. But someone called 911 on 16 July to say they had seen a dog enter the bay near the Dumbarton Bridge in East Palo Alto.<\/p>\n

The dog \u201cjust kept swimming\u201d, according to a Menlo Park fire district Instagram post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Menlo Park Fire Protection District rescued a dog in the San Francisco Bay. \u00b7 Photograph: Menlo Park fire protection district<\/p>\n

The Menlo Park fire protection district mobilized at least two trucks, a boat and an airboat in pursuit of the dog. Rescuers first put eyes on it from the ground with binoculars. Later, they used a drone while pursuing it from the water.<\/p>\n

The department later released footage of the dog rescue on social media.<\/p>\n

Both fire and police officers assisted with saving the missing dog, which was photographed getting toweled off by a team of tattooed firefighters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Authorities later turned over to the local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals<\/a> (SPCA), which located the pup\u2019s family and returned it.<\/p>\n

\u201cDog and family have been reunited,\u201d the Menlo Park fire protection district\u2019s Instagram post reads.<\/p>\n