Firefighter Rescues Stranded Puppy From Pond

A DeSoto firefighter is offering to adopt the same dog he rescued from a local pond Wednesday morning.

“When you rescue something you kind of grow a bond, so I just told them if the owner doesn’t claim it, I want to adopt him,” said Craig Kirk, DeSoto’s technical rescue expert.

The 3-year-old Scottish terrier was stranded on a small plastic fountain in the pond, near the corner of Winning Colors Court and Wolf Drive.

“I was like, 'Man, we got to go get this dog quick because it was tired cold and scared,'” said Kirk.

Kirk swam more than 50 feet through cold water to reach him.

“He just cowered down when I put my glove up over him. He just wanted help,” said Kirk. “So I just reached out, picked him up and tried to hold him above the water while I kicked myself back to shore.”

A vet who checked out the dog says he’s fine, and now the Tri-City Animal Shelter in Cedar Hill is using the information on the dog’s embedded microchip to hopefully track down his owner.

According to the information on the chip, the dog’s name is “Indy,” but Kirk prefers to call him “Survivor.”

One of Kirk's own dogs recently passed away.

"It's funny. I was thinking on my way to work this morning how bad I missed her, and this happened," said Kirk. "It's weird how it happened. And looking at him, this, it may be my calling.'

The Tri-City Animal Shelter says the dog's owner has not been located. The shelter did trace the microchip but most of the information is not current.

His name is listed as Indy, and he answers to it.

Indy does not have any major injuries or health problems caused by the exposure to the cold water.

The shelter has a 72 hours hold on Indy, which makes Saturday the soonest Kirk would be able to adopt.

Even if the dog’s owner is found, Kirk wants to stay in touch with him.

While Indy is not available for adoption, many other pets at the shelter need good homes.

More: Tri-City Animal Shelter & Adoption Center on Facebook

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