Although there's a lot of love for dogs out there, even the most doting fur parent will readily admit that they have an uncanny knack for getting themselves into trouble.
And unfortunately, this seems particularly true when they enter the water as stories abound of Good Samaritans narrowly rescuing dogs and similar species from drowning.
But while it's not hard to see how they could get out of their depth in a pool or a rushing river, some imperiled dogs saved from open waters can leave us scratching our heads as to how they got there in the first place.
And in one close call from the U.K., it seemed that the only solution for such a strange situation was an even stranger idea.