Cheektowaga, NY (WBEN) A dog gave its owner a bit of a scare yesterday afternoon.
Cheektowaga Police say the dog got loose as owners were trying to take the dog to a veterinary clinic.
Officers tried to spot the dog along a wooded and steep creek off Genesee Street.
Patrolman James Rutkowski was checking the area behind 1014 Rein Road and heard the dog. Rutkowski made his way through the woods and spotted the dog clinging to a tree in the creek. Rutkowski entered the water which was waist deep and made his way to the dog.
He handed the dog over to Troy Blackchief, another officer, who was helped by animal control to bring the dog out of the water.
The dog was turned over to the owners and brought to the veterinary clinic to be checked.
