By TSC Staff
June 16, 2009

Every now and then, we come upon a survival story that's almost impossible to believe.  This time, we bring you the tale of a week-old Cocker Spaniel puppy that survived an accidental flush down the toilet. Yes, a flush down the loo in west London, England.

It all began when Daniel Blair, the puppy's four-year-old master, tried to give the muddy dog a bath in the toilet.  To rinse the dog, he pulled the chain.  Poof.  The dog vanished down the drain.

Daniel's mother Allison discovered the dog was missing and ran into the street.  "I assumed it was dead," she told the Daily Mirror of London.  "I went into the garden, managed to lift up the drain cover, and was amazed to hear him crying."

First, Allison called the fire brigade, which worked for a couple of hours to no avail.   Then Allison called Dyno-Rod, a plumbing  company.  Will Craig, who works for Dyno-Rod, used a special "snake" camera to find the puppy in a waste pipe around 20 yards from the house.  Four hours later, Craig managed to gently nudge the dog toward a manhole, where firefighters were able to pull it out.

The puppy was very dirty but unharmed.  It has been named Dyno, after the company that saved it.

Click here for video the pooch tarpped in the pipe and more on the story.