Flushed

I never think that we have a dull moment around here, but today that would have been an understatement. I was inside with Ali, who had been sent in for "flushing" things down a pipe in the backyard. My brother text me and was looking for Jason. I went outside to let Jason know and Ali followed me out. She went to look at the puppies who were playing on the porch/patio with Sydney.
I was gone literally 15-20 seconds at the most when I came back around to see Ali leaning over the 8 inch pipe with a puppy in each arm. She told me that a puppy was down the pipe. Sure enough, I could hear her crying. I'm pretty sure she was getting ready to put the other two down there as well. We got the kids inside and Jason put a long piece of quarter round down the hole to see if we could guesstimate how far down she was. When he kept going and the top of the pipe was level with his shoulder, I got nauseous. 

We ended up calling the Fire Department, and the first truck arrived soon after the call was made.

Soon after, the Fire Chief came to check it out, and then another truck arrived.

The pup settled down and went to sleep, but her breathing began to slow so they gave her oxygen.

It wasn't waking her up enough, so they turned it up higher to get her jittery.

The second crew that arrived brought a 12 ft pipe bore and ran a hose down the middle.

Two guys held and balanced it while a third guided it down. Once she was "high" enough, she jumped right into the loop they made and they were able to pull her up on their first try.

No broken bones, just a little shaky from her oxygen high

The firefighters put a whole lot of duct tape over the hole, and we'll be filling it soon.

Our best guess is that this was access to an old well.

We've never known for sure.

Reunited and it feels so good!