Dog Becomes Overwhelmed With Excitement As Firefighter Saves It From The Bottom Of A Well

This is the moment a dog that got itself stuck at the bottom of an abandoned well starts to wildly wag its tail and celebrate as an Italian firefighter arrives to save its life.

The footage was released by the Vigili del Fuoco, which is Italy's institutional agency for fire and rescue service, yesterday, 7th November.

The dog was rescued from an abandoned well in the woods near the town of Guidonia in the region of Lazio.

As seen in the footage, the firefighters arrived at the well and set up a winch system so that they could safely get down to the distressed dog.

One member of the Vigili del Fuoco is carefully lowered to the bottom of the well, which was reportedly six metres (19.7 feet) deep.

As the firefighter slowly approaches the bottom, the dog becomes increasingly excited as it realises that help is on the way.

The dog begins to run around in circles and rub itself against the firefighter, making his job even harder as he attempts to get ahold of the dog for the ascent.

After attaching a full-body harness to the dog, the firefighter is winched out by his colleagues while the dog waits for its turn to be lifted from the well.

The dog can be seen flailing about as it is slowly winched out of the well where it had spent an unspecified number of days.

As the dog approaches the top of the well, it reaches out with its paws as it tries to grab onto some solid ground while the firefighters celebrate the successful rescue operation.

The dog reaches the surface and becomes very excited, even jumping on several of the firefighters that saved it from the well.

The rescue team can be heard celebrating its successful mission that appeared to involve a at least half a dozen workers and some heavy machinery.

According to a statement made by the Vigili del Fuoco, the dog was in good health and has since been returned to its owners.

No further information about the dog or its owners was provided and it is not clear how long it spent at the bottom of the well.

The Vigili del Fuoco did not state whether the dog suffered any injuries when it fell into the well, but in the footage, it appeared to be walking, running and jumping around without any obvious issues.

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