Happy dog owner has been reunited with her spaniel Indie after she went missing in a 30ft deep sinkhole in Wales
- Hollie Veryard, 31, saw her pet dog disappear into ‘thin air’ on a mountain walk
A happy dog owner has been reunited with her spaniel Indie after she went missing in a 30ft deep sinkhole in Wales.
Hollie Veryard, 31, saw her pet dog disappear into ‘thin air’ after she let him off the lead while on a mountain walk with a friend.
She was looking for the summit of Mount Pen-Pych in Rhondda, South Wales, when she spotted ‘pits’ cracks in the ground.
Hollie said: “We had got to the top and there was a flat patch so I decided to let her run but when I called her back to put her on the lead she was gone.
“I was calling her and calling her, but nothing happened and I knew she wasn’t going to run away because she’s not like that.
A rescue team tries to save the dog alive after it fell into a pit at the top of Mount Pen-Pych in Rhondda, South Wales
Hollie can be seen holding the relieved dog to her chest after the terrifying ordeal
“I went back to where I lost it and saw all these little holes in the ground.”
Hollie, from Verwood in Dorset, said she tried to find the dog but was helped by another walker who ‘dangled’ down the holes with someone holding him by the ankles.
She said: “We found that she was down one of the holes about 10 meters down on just a little ledge.”
The mother of two feared that Indie could be seriously injured in the fall and called for help to get her out.
Rescue workers are trying to reach the dog. Hollie said: ‘The crack wasn’t big enough for anyone to get down there so they made a little noose to get around her and get her out.’
Indie was trapped in the hole for more than six hours before she was finally freed by firefighters and cave rescue specialists.
Hollie said: ‘The police came and arranged for the fire service and the cave rescue team to come and help.
“I knew Indie was alive because she looked up to see me and cried every time she couldn’t see me, but I didn’t know if she had any broken bones or anything.”
She added: ‘The crack wasn’t big enough for anyone to go down there so they made a little noose to get around her and get her out.
“It was very exciting when she came out. The moment her feet were on the floor, her tail was wagging.’
Holly and her dogs. Hollie said that despite the shock of the ordeal, Indie was unharmed and she was given the all-clear by vets the next day.
India on a walk in the countryside. Hollie said: “We’ll still go hiking with Indie – but in future I’ll just keep her in the lead!”
Images show rescue team members wearing helmets gathered around the pit as they frantically tried to pull the dog out alive.
Dog trainer Hollie said despite the shock of the ordeal, Indie was unharmed and was given the go-ahead by vets the next day.
The proud pet owner can be seen holding the relieved spaniel to his chest after the terrifying ordeal.
Hollie said: “We’ll still go hiking with Indie – but in future I’ll just keep her in the lead!”
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