Adopt a dog Sheffield: Lucky the dog waiting in Sheffield for new home after Barnsley river rescue drama
He may be the luckiest dog in South Yorkshire - after The Star told the dramatic story of his rescue from river rapids by emergency services earlier this month.
Now the one year old pointer cross, who has been given the name Lucky, is looking for a new home after the RSPCA put him up for adoption at its Sheffield rescue centre.
A South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service water rescue team joined forces with two animal rescue volunteer groups, HARTSAR and K9 RSQ and the RSPCA to pull the animal to safety after it got had stranded on low branches which grew out into the water.
The video of his rescue can be seen above showing the incident in the River Dearne, at Broomhill, in Barnsley.
But now the RSPCA has put his profile up on its adoption page from its base in Attercliffe, Sheffield.
They say in his notes: “Lucky by name Lucky by nature! He was rescued from the banking of a fast flowing river! Poor laddo! It is unknown how he got into that trouble but thankfully it's all in his past!”
RSPCA Animal Rescue Officer Danielle Drury, who attended the rescue on December 3, said: “We got a call from a member of the public who heard him barking and howling in distress.
“It’s a really steep drop where he was and when I got there he was just curled up on some reeds at the bottom.
“He must have exhausted himself with all the barking.
“But fire and rescue had also been alerted to the scene and they managed to get the boat to him.
"You could tell how powerful the current was because they struggled to paddle upstream.
“They got him back to the bank and handed him over to me. He seemed fine.
"He wasn’t cold or wet and a member of the public fed him some sausages - a lady had a jar of hot dogs that she fed him.
“I’ve no idea how he got there or how long he had been there - whether he was dumped by the new owner or got off his leash or what.
“He’s a really, really lovely dog - he was happily walking along with the fire brigade, he was good with everybody at the vets."
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Danielle was unable to establish how Lucky got on the river as the owner registered to his microchip claimed to have “rehomed” him unofficially several weeks ago.
It is thought he may have been abandoned on the riverbank or escaped from the new owner.
He was checked over by a vet and homed temporarily at private boarding kennels ahead of being taken to RSPCA Sheffield Animal Centre.