Middletown ice rescue team saves puppy

Firefighter to take in animal named ‘Sausage.’
Middletown Division of Fire's ice rescue team saved a puppy from a pond behind a Dixie Highway home Thursday afternoon. CONTRIBUTED/MIDDLETOWN DIVISION OF FIRE

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Middletown Division of Fire's ice rescue team saved a puppy from a pond behind a Dixie Highway home Thursday afternoon. CONTRIBUTED/MIDDLETOWN DIVISION OF FIRE
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Middletown Division of Fire’s ice rescue team saved a puppy today from a freezing pond behind a Dixie Highway home.

The call came 1:18 p.m. with reports of a puppy who wandered out on the thin ice of the pond and “broke through with the warm weather,” according to Middletown Fire Chief Brian Wright.

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The female puppy, found by the homeowner, appears to be a stray.

Middletown firefighter and paramedic, Jacob Smith, will be taking the dog home for care and plans to adopt the puppy if an owner is not found.

The puppy has been tentatively named “Sausage.”

Middletown fire completed ice rescue team completed training last week, and Wright urged continued caution.

“It doesn’t take much as this ice continues to melt and get brittle,” he said.

An apparent stray puppy, named "Sausage" by fire personnel, was rescued by Middletown ice rescue crews Thursday afternoon. CONTRIBUTED/MIDDLETOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT

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Bryn Dippold joined the Journal-News staff in March 2025 and primarily covers the city of Middletown. Previously, she was associate editor for Cincy Magazine and worked as freelance copyeditor for Cincinnati CityBeat. She has had bylines in Cincinnati Magazine, The News Record and UC News.