Dog rescued from pipe 'unbothered' by drama

The owners of a dog who was trapped in a pipe buried a metre (3.2 ft) underground said he "came out like nothing had happened" after firefighters rescued him.

Moose, a two-year-old French bulldog, was trapped near Valley Road in Newton, near Sudbury, Suffolk, for about an hour and a half on Monday evening.

His owners, Adriana Hudson and Morgan Hermon, said they had intended to do some gardening before "Moose had other plans and went down the drain pipe".

They shared their relief that he was unharmed and the pooch was "trotting around", meeting all the firefighters afterwards.

"We were just doing a bit of gardening and let the dogs off to have a little bit of a run around as there was no one else here," Ms Hudson explained.

"Knowing Moose misbehaved a little bit more than our other pooch, we let him off last.

"He must have known in his mind that he wanted to get down [the pipe] because he shot straight over there."

The owners said Moose was barking "relentlessly" from inside the pipe, and after 20 minutes of trying to coax him out, they decided to call the fire service, who arrived quickly.

"He wasn't growling or anything, but it made us feel really concerned, so we knew we had to act to help him," Ms Hudson added.

"We can laugh about it now he's safe and home, but it was horrible because you don't know what he's going to meet down there... You don't know what sort of state he was in.

"The longer it went on, the more horrible you feel inside."

Three crews arrived at the scene and were able to make use of a digger Mr Hermon and Ms Hudson had on site to take off the top layers of soil.

From here, they were able to use their own tools to cut down to the pipe and ascertain where Moose was located to extract him safely.

"He came out like nothing had happened," Mr Hermon said.

"It was brilliant because everyone was excited, it was good to see. It was a happy ending.

"[The firefighters] were brilliant, they couldn't have done any better."

Group manager Michael Brabner at Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service said: "He [Moose] was so pleased to see his owners and the whole crew.

"I think he came and saw every member of the crew individually, which was great.

"It's not our first, and it won't be the last -it's always nice to come to incidents with positive outcomes."

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