The youngsters saved the dog after he got into difficulty in the water and started to panic.
Laura Jones and her fun-loving Collie Mono were running by the river through Shrewsbury as they do regularly last Thursday evening, when Mono was suddenly taken by the sight of some ducks near the English Bridge.
Mono, who is 18 months old, got carried away diving in after the ducks and when he tried to get back out of the river, the steep concrete rise proved impossible to climb.Laura, 40, said:"We ran from home across the Quarry, towards the weir. It's our usual route. "He saw the ducks and he 'gracefully' went after them. Where he fell in is a big concrete drop down. There was no way he was getting around, he was scrabbling at the concrete.Mono as a puppy"It felt like forever, it was probably only 30 to 40 seconds but it felt like a hell of a lot longer.
"His little face - he looked like a drowned rat. He submerged a couple of times under the water and his little face looking at me was sheer panic."This really tall lad, who I now know is called Harry, came and laid down next to me and he just managed to get a hold and pull him up."I would have had to get in and I would have struggled to get out."They were brilliant.
Laura took poor Mono to her mother's house nearby before heading home and he was provided with a large bowl of water - but he wouldn't go near it, probably traumatised by his experience."He's a fantastic dog, he comes running with me, his recall is brilliant and he stays close by," said Laura."We've had him since he was a puppy and he's given us a ride! He has 21 different allergies, he keeps us on our toes.
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