After a runaway dog named Moose fell through the ice of a frozen creek, his community came to his rescue.Kellie and Louis Nicolao recently dropped Moose off with their dog sitter Nicolina Converso in Maryland before taking a trip to California. "Moose seemed pretty comfortable in my house," Converso told WJLA.But soon, Moose was on the loose. "I opened the door to pick up a tree on my patio and he just went on out. And we couldn't catch him. We just couldn't," Converso said.She eventually texted Moose's owners about his escape. From across the country, they reached out to a local Facebook group for help. Moose sightings were eventually reported to a group called "Operation Fur Fugitive." "I was getting phone calls and text messages and emails and Facebook messages. It was just non-stop," Converso said. Someone eventually saw Moose on a frozen creek in the area and community members gathered to help. On top of that, his owners returned just in time and were the perfect people to get him to safety.Turns out, Luis Nicolao is a U.S. Naval Academy water polo coach and was able to jump in and get Moose out of the frigid water. "I went from this point of complete despair to, here I got a chance to save his life," Luis Nicolao said. "It was overwhelming, it was awesome and to all the people, the community, you know we teach this all the time in sports and the academy, it's community over individual. It's team over individual. And everybody came together for this one little dog and I'll be forever grateful."
After a runaway dog named Moose fell through the ice of a frozen creek, his community came to his rescue.
Kellie and Louis Nicolao recently dropped Moose off with their dog sitter Nicolina Converso in Maryland before taking a trip to California.
"Moose seemed pretty comfortable in my house," Converso told WJLA.
But soon, Moose was on the loose.
"I opened the door to pick up a tree on my patio and he just went on out. And we couldn't catch him. We just couldn't," Converso said.
She eventually texted Moose's owners about his escape. From across the country, they reached out to a local Facebook group for help.
Moose sightings were eventually reported to a group called "Operation Fur Fugitive."
"I was getting phone calls and text messages and emails and Facebook messages. It was just non-stop," Converso said.
Someone eventually saw Moose on a frozen creek in the area and community members gathered to help. On top of that, his owners returned just in time and were the perfect people to get him to safety.
Turns out, Luis Nicolao is a U.S. Naval Academy water polo coach and was able to jump in and get Moose out of the frigid water.
"I went from this point of complete despair to, here I got a chance to save his life," Luis Nicolao said. "It was overwhelming, it was awesome and to all the people, the community, you know we teach this all the time in sports and the academy, it's community over individual. It's team over individual. And everybody came together for this one little dog and I'll be forever grateful."
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