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mnhtnbb

(32,345 posts) Sat Oct 5, 2024, 09:25 AM Oct 2024

Dog stuck 20 ft up in tree after Helene

Rescued after 5 days when discovered by first responders and then reunited with her family!

https://www.southernliving.com/tennessee-firefighters-rescue-dog-trapped-in-tree-nolichucky-river-8723107

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Dog stuck 20 ft up in tree after Helene (Original Post) mnhtnbb Oct 2024 OP

What a sweet girl.... Pachamama Oct 2024 #1

Too soon to ask if it was a bird-dog? GreenWave Oct 2024 #2

You are barking up the wrong tree! displacedvermoter Oct 2024 #3

5 days! Poor girl. 3catwoman3 Oct 2024 #4

Implying the water was a whopping 20 feet high! NM Grins Oct 2024 #5

I know right! irisblue Oct 2024 #6

Happy tears! StarryNite Oct 2024 #7

This is where I live SouthernIrish Oct 2024 #8

How have you fared? mnhtnbb Oct 2024 #9

Wow poor guy Figarosmom Oct 2024 #10

Poor girl. niyad Oct 2024 #11

Poor dog! Aussie105 Oct 2024 #12

Pachamama

(17,220 posts)

1. What a sweet girl....

Reply to mnhtnbb (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 09:31 AM

Oct 2024

So happy she was rescued and is now reunited with her family

GreenWave

(10,579 posts)

2. Too soon to ask if it was a bird-dog?

Reply to mnhtnbb (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 10:09 AM

Oct 2024

displacedvermoter

(3,577 posts)

3. You are barking up the wrong tree!

Reply to GreenWave (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 10:20 AM

Oct 2024

Seriously, though, what a wonderful miracle.

3catwoman3

(26,332 posts)

4. 5 days! Poor girl.

Reply to mnhtnbb (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 10:41 AM

Oct 2024

It looks like she at least had a somewhat stable perch with all the debris caught in the branches.

Grins

(8,120 posts)

5. Implying the water was a whopping 20 feet high! NM

Reply to mnhtnbb (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 11:53 AM

Oct 2024

irisblue

(34,776 posts)

6. I know right!

Reply to Grins (Reply #5)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 12:06 PM

Oct 2024

StarryNite

(11,389 posts)

7. Happy tears!

Reply to mnhtnbb (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 12:26 PM

Oct 2024

SouthernIrish

(531 posts)

8. This is where I live

Reply to mnhtnbb (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 01:04 PM

Oct 2024

So nice to hear good news

mnhtnbb

(32,345 posts)

9. How have you fared?

Reply to SouthernIrish (Reply #8)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 02:21 PM

Oct 2024

Figarosmom

(4,734 posts)

10. Wow poor guy

Reply to mnhtnbb (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 10:37 PM

Oct 2024

I bet he was scared.

niyad

(122,596 posts)

11. Poor girl.

Reply to Figarosmom (Reply #10)

Sun Oct 6, 2024, 09:38 AM

Oct 2024

Aussie105

(6,872 posts)

12. Poor dog!

Reply to mnhtnbb (Original post)

Mon Oct 7, 2024, 07:16 PM

Oct 2024

Spent 5 days wishing he had wings!

Amazing the power flood water has though.
I've seen a car wrapped around a tree.
Some 12 feet off the ground, once the water subsided.

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