Adorable puppy finally rescued from storm drain after being trapped for NINE DAYS



School teacher Linda Roth heard the puppy barking and called Dallas Animal Rescue to save the puppy who was discovered in good condition



The puppy is up for adoption and if Animal Rescue is able to locate the pup's family they will all be placed in loving homes



The puppy would have been able to escape from the storm drain but was too afraid to try



An adorable puppy in Dallas, Texas was stuck in a storm drain for nine days before being rescued by Dallas Animal Control officers and Dallas Fire-Rescue crews yesterday.



Dallas residents could hear the puppy crying for help, and local school teacher Linda Roth decided to contact the authorities on 22 Nov. to rescue the dog.



The puppy was born to two stray white Labradors and was one of 13 or 14 dogs birthed by the local school. Animal control workers think that the dog could've been stuck in the drain since 16 Nov.

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The puppy was rescued yesterday in good condition and is also up for adoption after it is nursed back to health

Dallas Animal Rescue set food traps for the dog to lure it towards the opening so he could be hoisted out

Puppy lifted: The shivering and hungry little puppy was finally freed after animal rescue employees lifted it from the storm drain

Today reports that the first time officers arrived at the scene they couldn't locate the puppy because he was probably scared by the noise and their presence.



On Monday, the second time authorities tried to rescue the dog, they set a trap with food to lure the puppy into a cage so that they could hoist him up out of the storm drain. They set these traps in the drain and in an opening 100 yards away.



'We finally got a trap down there, and he went in it pretty quickly,' Dallas Animal Rescue officer Cate McManus said.

The puppy was cold and a little hungry, but was not malnourished thanks to school teacher Linda Roth's son who was feeding the dog during his captivity

Dallas Animal Rescue officer Cate Macmanus (pictured here with another dog) believes the dog could have escaped from the storm drain but was too scared

Animal rescue officer Cate McManus told Today that she thinks the dog could have escaped from the unobstructed storm drain opening but was frightened after losing its mother.



The dogs mother barked and roamed the neighborhood looking for her missing puppy. Luckily, the puppy was rescued and appeared to be in good health on Monday after being discovered.



Teacher Linda Roth's son attempted to care for the dog by delivering food to the storm drain after his mother first discovered the poor creature. McManus believes that this contributed to the dog's stable condition.



School teacher Linda Roth first discovered the dog and called the authorities to rescue the puppy

The first time Animal Rescue arrived at the scene, they were unable to find the puppy but reached success the second time around yesterday

'From appearances he seemed to be in good condition,'said McManus.



The dog is now being treated by a vet for any injuries and will be up for adoption in the next few days.

NBC reports that Animal control are attempting to locate the puppy's mother and father and siblings , reunite them, and find them all a home. Dallas animal control wrote in a statement that there were up to 14 puppies originally but there are four or five left now.

In response to criticism that the rescue team did not find the puppy soon enough, they said,'We got a call on the 22nd about a puppy stuck in the drain but our officers spent significant time at the scene investigating and they found no sign of a puppy. We suspect now that we probably scared the puppy off.



Dallas Animal Services said if anyone finds an animal in a similar situation they should call 311 and report that the animal is trapped.



The pup's mother, a white stray lab, has been wandering the neighborhood looking for her baby











