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A dog named Miss Pickles was rescued from the Chicago River last night.
Miss Pickles's owner Claude was walking her and his three other pooches—yes, on leashes, according to reports—near Chicago and Halsted when Miss Pickles, a bullmastiff, started chasing a rat. She wound up running right into the water, so Claude called 911.
After falling in the water, Miss Pickles began to paddle eastbound underneath the bridge, before heading north around the Goose Island turnaround, [Chicago Police Sgt. Harry] Jozefowicz said. A Chicago Fire Department diver spotted the dog by a bridge near Division and Halsted, about a half-mile from where she went into the river.The diver "went into the water, propped the dog up and put a rope around the dog's collar," Jozefowicz said. The diver pulled Miss Pickles to safety "in a matter of seconds," the sergeant said, adding that the entire rescue effort lasted about 15 minutes.
A joyful reunion, a pooch swimming half a mile, and the name "Miss Pickles." There are worse stories to start a day, kids.
Miss Pickles portrait from ABC 7
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I see now that Chicagoist is going to load up on boy-and-his-dog stories. Hey, I like a good heartwarmer as much as the next, but do we really need a blow by blow on every pooch and kitty in trouble? Just run the adopt-a-pet feature once a week and let it go at that.
That dog swam for half a mile! Come on!
Owww How Sweet! As the owner of a 140 pound French Mastiff, Sojourner Truth aka Truth, I'm touched! Too bad we have the name of the cop, but not the name of the brave Chicago Fire Department Diver who risked her/his life to save Ms. Pickles! Mastiffs can reach upward to 165 pounds and because they're all muscle, can't swim for long. And the brave CFD diver had no idea if Ms. Pickles was vicious, yet she/he rescued his Ms. Pickles any way. I hope the Diver gets some sort of award. Note to owner, there are several humane “choke” collars designed for larger strong dogs, that combined with dog training by a professional reduce the likely hood that these gentle giants will bolt out into traffic or Lake Michigan
More importantly what happened to that lost turtle?! Hopefully Fitzgerald and the FBI can take time off from the Chicago police torture investigation to find out.
posting as a guest because the log in's crap.
I'd rather read "girl and her dog stories" and "boy-and-his-dog stories", than yuppie northside baby stories. And the good thing about doggies is they have no environmental harm in pack.
Seeing as how i have a cat named Pickles, I'm pleased to know there's someone else out there just as willing to give their pet a silly name.
And, for the record, stories like this warm my little heart.
Spook: Do you even like human beings?
You do realize that humans, like other forms of life, do need to reproduce, right?
Perhaps you never took biology at the College of Superficial Radicalism?
I would bet money you are a yuppie as well. I am. And I'm not ashamed.
You do realize that humans, like other forms of life, do need to reproduce, right"
Yea guest 7 stay in the shallow end of the pool, forget about over population and the millions of unwanted kids, how bout those cubs or bears