--- description: A Kansas dog spent two weeks underground without food or water. title: Miniature Dachshund Rescued After 2 Weeks Underground image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc4cb9ef777b0c708/6987ece0f887dc3ab4e8e262/dachshund-rescued-lucy.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Miniature Dachshund Rescued After 2 Weeks Underground by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 25, 2015 3:45 PM CUT  Lucy, a 4-year-old miniature dachshund, at her Derby, Kans. home April 22, 2015. Lucy, a 4-year-old miniature dachshund, at her Derby, Kans. home April 22, 2015.Matt Riedl—AP by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 25, 2015 3:45 PM CUT Lucy is one lucky pooch. The miniature dachshund has been rescued two weeks after accidentally digging herself underground in Derby, Kansas, and getting trapped underneath a concrete slab, the [_Wichita Eagle_](http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article19303410.html "undefined") reports. The dog, which was let out in the yard each day by owner Rebecca Felix and her husband, dug a hole in the ground and then turned and burrowed for 4 feet beneath a concrete slab supporting an air conditioning unit. After two weeks of searching for the dog, the couple heard a quiet bark and called 911 to rescue her. “It really is a miracle that God gave me back Lucy right before her birthday, and if she could talk, we’d be able to write a book about it,” Felix said of Lucy, who turned 4 years old hours after she was rescued. \[[_Wichita Eagle_](http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article19303410.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3835558/miniature-dachshund-rescued-kansas/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3835558/miniature-dachshund-rescued-kansas/"},"headline":"Miniature Dachshund Rescued After 2 Weeks Underground","datePublished":"2015-04-25T15:45:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:19:08.050Z","description":"The Kansas dog literally dug herself into a hole","url":"https://time.com/3835558/miniature-dachshund-rescued-kansas/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc4cb9ef777b0c708/6987ece0f887dc3ab4e8e262/dachshund-rescued-lucy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc4cb9ef777b0c708/6987ece0f887dc3ab4e8e262/dachshund-rescued-lucy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Dachshund Rescued","caption":"Dachshund Rescued","creditText":"Matt Riedl—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3835558/miniature-dachshund-rescued-kansas/","name":"Miniature Dachshund Rescued After 2 Weeks Underground"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Inside the Canine Mind","description":"Professor Brian Hare at Duke University studies people's pet dogs to understand how canines think","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/dTemQHb7/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2009-09-11T01:23:04.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/dTemQHb7.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3835558/miniature-dachshund-rescued-kansas/","duration":"PT2M8S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3835558/miniature-dachshund-rescued-kansas/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```