{"id":262369,"date":"2026-05-07T18:44:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/262369\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T18:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:44:15","slug":"trooper-rescues-lost-pup-from-cape-coral-canal-after-a-wet-and-wild-chase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/262369\/","title":{"rendered":"Trooper rescues lost pup from Cape Coral canal after a wet and wild chase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">CAPE CORAL, Fla. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/\">WWSB<\/a>) &#8211; Florida Highway Patrol troopers proved Thursday morning the job\u2019s not all about speeders when they saved a lost dog from drowning in a Cape Coral canal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">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. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The dog ran down a side street, darted between houses, and jumped into a salt water canal. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The trooper, concerned for its wellbeing, was able to find the dog in the canal, whining in distress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The trooper found and rope and quickly made a makeshift slip lead to guide the dog to a nearby floating dock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">While trying to help the dog onto the dock, the trooper took a tumble into the canal as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIt all ended wet, but well, \u201d 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 \u201cK9 Valor\u201d for bravery displayed while facing adversity, the release said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Lee County Animal Control was also notified.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WWSB. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CAPE CORAL, Fla. (WWSB) &#8211; Florida Highway Patrol troopers proved Thursday morning the job\u2019s not all about speeders&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[1778,33752,209,211,210,7561,1827,1056,8774],"class_list":["post-262369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-canal","tag-cape","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-coral","tag-dog","tag-fhp","tag-trooper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}