"Lucky"
LONDON -- A puppy in Britain has proved that not only cats have nine lives.
The week old cocker spaniel made a lucky escape after his 4--year-old owner accidentally flushed it down the toilet.
Daniel Blair apparently thought the puppy needed a bath after it got muddy playing in the garden, so naturally he put it in the toilet and flushed it.
But his ingenious plan went terribly wrong.
Instead of coming out of the water squeaky clean, the animal was swept away.
The puppy became trapped in a waste pipe for nearly four hours.
Firefighters couldn't reach the animal, but they could hear it.
Daniel's mother eventually called a plumber, who found the dog lying upside down in a pipe about 20 yards away from their house.
The dog -- which has been named Dyno after the plumbing firm which rescued it -- is now safe and well and back with the family.
The week old cocker spaniel made a lucky escape after his 4--year-old owner accidentally flushed it down the toilet.
Daniel Blair apparently thought the puppy needed a bath after it got muddy playing in the garden, so naturally he put it in the toilet and flushed it.
But his ingenious plan went terribly wrong.
Instead of coming out of the water squeaky clean, the animal was swept away.
The puppy became trapped in a waste pipe for nearly four hours.
Firefighters couldn't reach the animal, but they could hear it.
Daniel's mother eventually called a plumber, who found the dog lying upside down in a pipe about 20 yards away from their house.
The dog -- which has been named Dyno after the plumbing firm which rescued it -- is now safe and well and back with the family.
