A woman went to great lengths to save her dog, jumping into a California river in a steep canyon to rescue her pup from drowning.
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The Nevada County Sheriff's Office said that the woman was hiking with friends in Northern California when her dog reportedly fell in the river. Unwilling to let her canine companion drown, the woman bravely jumped in to save her pet.
Once she successfully corralled her dog, they both needed saving, as they were swept downstream.
After a friend from the group called 911 at about 6:40 p.m., the sheriff's office used drones to spot the woman and her dog from above.
Woman Jumps Into Canyon to Rescue Dog
Following a challenging, four-hour mission, rescue teams retrieved the woman and her dog from a large boulder.
"Due to the complex, steep terrain and difficult access, additional specialized fire resources were requested," said officials. "With the help of a 300-foot rope system, a crew member was lowered to the riverbed. [He] gave the woman, who had sustained minor injuries, a personal flotation device."
Once the woman was placed on the flotation device, rescue teams strapped her dog to a harness and lifted the pet to the canyon rim.
Rescue teams then circled back for the woman, using a 300-foot rope system and climbing harness to retrieve her.
"Due to the complexity of her location in the water and challenging cliff terrain, the entire rescue operation took approximately 4 hours and involved 50 first responders," the sheriff's office said.
Overall, 50 people assisted with the rescue.
The unidentified hiker is not the only brave woman who rescued her dog from danger this month.
Last week, a Montana woman used bear spray to protect her three dogs from an upset moose in her backyard.
The wild incident was captured on a Ring camera on Aug. 27, showing the moose and her calf racing around the backyard at full speed.
"I looked around the side of the house, and it was mama moose coming. Running as fast as she could with her ears pinned back," Shelly Thorburn recalled to CNN.
Moments later, Thorburn ran inside to grab a can of bear spray.
Fortunately, the bear spray drove the moose back into the wild near Yellowstone National Park. All of the woman's dogs avoided injury.
