Belle, a 7-year-old Great Pyrenees, fell into an icy pond behind her home Friday morning. Crews from the Long Grove Fire Protection District got here to her rescue.
Courtesy of Roseanne Stavros
Long Grove Fire Protection District crews did some heavy lifting Friday morning once they pulled a soaking moist 120-pound Great Pyrenees named Belle from an icy pond behind her home.
On Monday, the rescuers reunited with Belle and her proprietor, Roseanne Stavros, within the a lot hotter and extra snug environment of their hearth station.
“I give all the credit to the fire department. They saved her life,” Stavros stated. “She had already been treading water probably for about a half-hour, so she didn’t have much left in her.”
Stavros stated that earlier than Belle plunged by the ice at about 9:30 a.m. Friday, she’d by no means earlier than seen the 7-year-old canine wander onto the frozen pond on the property of her Long Grove home.
“I went out there and tried to get to her,” she stated. “And there was no way. It’s like quicksand. I got up to my thighs and realized there was no way.”
She known as rescue, and a crew from the fireplace safety district arrived, together with Battalion Chief John Jaworski, Lt. Brian Fluhler and firefighter/paramedics Jake Gross, Greg Hanik, Nick McDowell and Bradley Roberts.
“You could see the body of water with the ice right as we were pulling into the driveway,” McDowell stated. “The dog was clearly in the area of the ice where there was a pretty large hole and not really any good area for it to rescue itself out of there.”
Roberts, Hanik and Gross helped McDowell right into a protecting swimsuit earlier than he ventured into the water and connected a rescue sling to Belle. He had by no means used the sling on a canine earlier than, however Belle cooperated totally.
“There weren’t too many hiccups in the process,” McDowell stated. “The ice was in a position to be damaged simply by hand. So we have been in a position to create a lane out to the canine.
Roseanne Stavros and Belle, middle, reunited Monday along with her canine’s rescuers, from left to proper, Battalion Chief John Jaworski, firefighter/paramedic Jake Gross, firefighter/paramedic Greg Hanik, firefighter/paramedic Nick McDowell, firefighter/paramedic Bradley Roberts and Lt. Brian Fluhler.
Courtesy of Roseanne Stavros
“Once we were able to get the flotation around it and just give it a little bit of assistance, it was able to sort of swim along with my help,” he added.
Once Belle was protected on shore, the following problem was eradicating the black slime that lined the usually white-furred canine clear. After making an attempt a few totally different canine shampoos with out a lot success, Dawn dish cleaning soap did the trick.
“That dirt in the pond is like tar,” Stavros stated.
Long Grove Fire Protection District firefighter/paramedic Nick McDowell ventures into an icy pond Friday to rescue Belle, a 120-pound Great Pyrenees who fell into the frozen waters Friday. The pond is on the property of Belle’s homeowners, Roseanne and Al Stavros.
Courtesy of Roseanne Stavros
Belle relaxes underneath a heat blanket after being rescued Friday from an icy pond behind her home in Long Grove.
Courtesy of Roseanne Stavros
