CAPE CORAL, Fla. (WWSB) – Florida Highway Patrol troopers proved Thursday morning the job’s not all about speeders when they saved a lost dog from drowning in a Cape Coral canal.
At about 2:40 a.m., a trooper saw a Malinois, apparently lost, running south on the sidewalk of Del Prado Boulevard in Cape Coral, the FHP said.
The dog ran down a side street, darted between houses, and jumped into a salt water canal.
The trooper, concerned for its wellbeing, was able to find the dog in the canal, whining in distress.
The trooper found and rope and quickly made a makeshift slip lead to guide the dog to a nearby floating dock.
While trying to help the dog onto the dock, the trooper took a tumble into the canal as well.
“It all ended wet, but well, ” the FHP said in a news release. The dog, was taken to a veterinary clinic for an exam and bath. The dog has been temporarily named “K9 Valor” for bravery displayed while facing adversity, the release said.
Lee County Animal Control was also notified.
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