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When this dog got her toe trapped in a metal fence, her best friend refused to leave her side.

Zeus the Pit Bull spent 48 hours beside Athena after her attempt to climb a fence went horribly wrong in Fulton County, Georgia.

The dog was left hanging off the metal wire by her leg – in an excruciatingly painful position.

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Zeus kept barking throughout and eventually his persistence paid off and the noise attracted the attention of people nearby.


Animal rescuers were called and the two dogs were freed and taken to a local animal shelter, where they were named after the Greek gods.



The pair have been inseparable ever since.

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A spokesman for the Atlanta LifeLine Animal Project. said: ‘We received a call from someone saying there was a dog hanging by her toe on a fence and that she had been there for two days.

‘They knew this because someone had mentioned seeing them two days prior, but didn’t tell the caller until the day they called us.

‘Standing by the dog we named Athena was a boy we named Zeus.’

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‘Zeus barked nonstop for help until someone finally found out about them and called us.

‘Zeus did not want Athena out of his sight. He cried and barked so loudly when we took her back to the vet trailer for treatment, that we had to bring him back and put him in the cage beside her. Athena also couldn’t be taken outdoors to the play yard without Zeus.

‘I visited the dogs and Zeus was busy licking Athena’s toe and protecting her from everyone who came by.

‘Athena’s toe is swollen, but we have her on pain medicine, and she is going to be OK’.

Zeus and Athena are now up for adoption together with the LifeLine project.