A family from Co Tyrone rescued a puppy they found clinging to a tree on the banks of a canal. The puppy, suspected to be a beagle, was freezing and exhausted. The family took the pup to a local rehoming center, and while the owner was never found, they ultimately adopted the dog.
A family from Co Tyrone saved a puppy's life when they found it clinging to a tree on the banks of a canal last week - and have now given it a forever home. Louise and Michael McCullough were out for their daily walk with their kids along Coalisland Canal the day after Boxing Day, when they heard cries coming from the water. When they got closer, they realised it was a tiny puppy, a suspected beagle, freezing and exhausted, clinging on for its life.
Mid Ulster Rehoming Centre for Dogs issued an appeal on their social media to help find the owner, however, nobody has come forward to claim the pup. However, the story has a happy ending - as the McCullough family returned to the rehoming centre today to bring the dog home. Manager of the Mid Ulster Rehoming Centre for Dogs, Colleen Cunningham, told Belfast Live: 'The family were out for a walk the day after Boxing Day along Coalisland Canal and they heard this crying. They didn't know what it was, if it was a bird or a child. 'They said there were a number of families there who had gone up trees, so they minded their own business and walked on up. They turned to come back down again, and everyone had gone apart from a girl with a baby in a pram. 'She asked if they could hear the noise, so the dad decided he would have a good look to see what it was. There was a bit of a hill and he went up and looked through trees and the sound got louder. 'He got in through the trees and saw this wee thing clinging onto the riverbank, basically in the cold water just freezing cold, and he fished him out.' Colleen said the puppy would have been too small to wander off to where it was found, and she believes the dog was dumped in the area. She said: 'It is a very young pup, I would say it was around six to eight weeks old. It was lucky to surviv
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