A 10-person rescue crew spent three hours Sunday saving a 9-year-old canine on Ute Pass Trail after the dog started suffering from life-threatening, internal medical issues, according to the Summit County Rescue Group.

The dog, whose name is Roscoe, is recovering at Wheat Ridge animal hospital after emergency surgery to remove his spleen and untwist his stomach.

The dog was not injured on the trail, but began showing signs of distress along the way. He and his owner, who is originally from Arizona but a frequent visitor to Summit County, were about 2.5 miles into the Ute Pass Trail when the owner noticed something was wrong with her dog.

Roscoe was the second dog rescued on a Summit County trail this month. On July 9, a three-person crew spent two hours carrying down a 65-pound dog with cut paws.

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