--- description: They tried coaxing the pooch with dog treats, but that didn't work title: Watch Firefighters Rescue a Puppy Trapped in a Sewer Drain image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Firefighters Rescue a Puppy Trapped in a Sewer Drain by [Daniella Silva/NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Daniella Silva/NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 25, 2015 11:56 PM CUT by [Daniella Silva/NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Daniella Silva/NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 25, 2015 11:56 PM CUT This puppy had one ruff day. Firefighters went to extreme lengths to save a 3-month old Yorkiepoo that had fallen and gotten trapped inside a sewage drain in Buffalo, New York, on Wednesday,[ according to NBC affiliate WGRZ](http://www.wgrz.com/story/news/2015/06/24/buffalo-fire-working-to-rescue-puppy-from-sewer-drain/29235077/ "undefined"). Bailey, the pup, fell six feet into an open sewer drain Wednesday afternoon while on a walk with his owner’s father, Ed Sayles. Ed and his wife Penny Sayles were dog sitting for their daughter and her family. “They’re vacationing right now in Texas,” Penny Sayles told WGRZ. “I’m dog sitting and I’m responsible.” The Sayles family called the Buffalo Fire Department… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/firefighters-rescue-pup-trapped-sewer-drain-buffalo-new-york-n382021?cid=par-time-article%5F20150625 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3936999/firefighters-rescue-puppy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3936999/firefighters-rescue-puppy/"},"headline":"Watch Firefighters Rescue a Puppy Trapped in a Sewer Drain","datePublished":"2015-06-25T23:56:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:21:30.225Z","description":"They tried coaxing the pooch with dog treats, but that didn't work","url":"https://time.com/3936999/firefighters-rescue-puppy/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniella Silva/NBC News"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/3936999/firefighters-rescue-puppy/","name":"Watch Firefighters Rescue a Puppy Trapped in a Sewer Drain"}}]},{"@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/3936999/firefighters-rescue-puppy/","duration":"PT2M8S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3936999/firefighters-rescue-puppy/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```