Puppy Flushed Down Toilet And Survives

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Puppy Flushed Down Toilet And Survives (VIDEO)

First Posted: 06-15-09 10:22 PM   |   Updated: 06-15-09 10:32 P

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(LONDON - Associated Press) A British pup had a narrow flush with disaster after his 4-year-old master decided to give him a bath in the toilet. Daniel Blair was quoted as telling Britain's Daily Mirror tabloid that he tried to clean the muddy 1-week-old cocker spaniel because he was muddy, and he flushed him down the drain.

His mother Alison was quoted as saying she thought the dog was dead, but a drainage firm was able to locate the beleaguered animal in a pipe 20 yards away from the house using specialist camera gear.

Pictures of the wet, frightened-looking puppy trapped in a pipe were posted to the firm Dyno-Rod's Web site and broadcast on British television Monday .

The company says the dog is now fine.

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Puppy flushed down the toilet by four year old boy

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Poor dog... Why isn't this two-week-old puppy with its mom? Who sells puppies at this age?  I would beat the **** out of that kid if I was his parent.

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Yappy ending for puppy flushed down toilet
June 15, 2009 - 11:59PM

A London puppy had a lucky escape after a four-year-old boy accidentally flushed it down the toilet when he was trying to wash it, the Daily Mirror newspaper reported on Monday.

The week-old cocker spaniel's young owner, Daniel Blair, thought the puppy needed a wash after it got muddy playing in the garden, so he put it in the toilet and flushed it.

But his plan went disastrously wrong when the animal was swept away and became trapped in a waste pipe for nearly four hours.

Firefighters and animal welfare officers could not reach it, so Daniel's mother eventually called a plumber, who found the dog lying upside down in a pipe about 20 metres away from their house in Northolt, west London.

The dog -- which has been named Dyno after the plumbing firm which rescued it -- is now safe and well and back with the family.

Daniel has apologised, blaming his twin brother for getting the dog dirty and saying: "I had to give him a wash. I'm so, so sorry. I won't do it again."

© 2009 AFP
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