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| Puppy gets head stuck in wall in Carlisle | Puppy gets head stuck in wall in Carlisle |
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| When a fire crew arrived they found Teale feeling "very sorry for herself" | |
| An adventurous puppy had to be rescued after she got her head stuck through a hole in a wall. | An adventurous puppy had to be rescued after she got her head stuck through a hole in a wall. |
| Teale, a four-month-old Labrador, became trapped in an extractor vent for a tumble dryer at home in Longtown, Carlisle, on Tuesday. | |
| Rescuers from Carlisle East fire station arrived to find Teale "feeling very sorry for herself". | Rescuers from Carlisle East fire station arrived to find Teale "feeling very sorry for herself". |
| They managed to free her "with minimal fuss" using small tools and she was said to be "no worse for wear". | They managed to free her "with minimal fuss" using small tools and she was said to be "no worse for wear". |
| "She was very appreciative, and rewarded the crew with lots of cuddles and licks," a spokesperson said. | "She was very appreciative, and rewarded the crew with lots of cuddles and licks," a spokesperson said. |
| Crew manager Stuart Forrester, one of the first on scene, told BBC Radio Cumbria it was one of the more "out of the ordinary" calls his team had attended. | |
| He said the puppy had been playing in the garden and tried to get back into the house, but the only entrance she could find was the hole. | |
| There were smiles all round when Teale was freed from the hole | There were smiles all round when Teale was freed from the hole |
| "She decided to investigate if she could fit her whole body through and unfortunately it didn't go well for her," he said. | |
| "We were greeted by a young lad and he just pointed to the wall, and there appeared behind a little bookstand was Teale with just her head poking through. | |
| "Teale knew we were there to help her, she was very calm and she just looked at us with the sad puppy dog eyes." | |
| Firefighters devised a plan how to make the hole bigger and used a small saw and plyers to widen it by a couple of centimetres to help released the dog. | |
| "Teale came bounding back through from the garden and jumped in us all and said, 'Thank you'," Mr Forrester added. | |
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| Carlisle | Carlisle |