Something Good: Dog rescued from 30-foot deep dry well under house

A family’s dog, Chip, had been missing for nearly two weeks when they heard cries from under an old home
Published: Sep. 11, 2026 at 7:02 PM EDT

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - It’s time for something good featuring an animal rescue with the perfect team to handle it!

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A family’s dog, Chip, had been missing for nearly two weeks when they heard cries from under an old home and found the dog under the house and at the bottom of a 30-foot dry well.

Midway Fire and Rescue arrived on scene and came up with a plan for the complicated rescue situation.

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WCTV's Something Good sponsored by First Florida Credit Union(WCTV/First Florida Credit Union)

Inside a crawlspace with less than three feet of room, they got all their equipment in and worked carefully to get a harness around the dog and pull Chip out!

It couldn’t have been a better team to be on scene either as Chief Nathan Yarusso and Training Instructor Alex Arthur are both trained in animal rescue.

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