UPDATE: Owner found for Middletown puppy rescued from icy water

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 reunited a puppy with its owner Thursday evening after rescuing the animal from icy water.

The animal’s name is “Ru Ru,” not “Sausage,” as dubbed by Middletown firefighters.

The call came 1:18 p.m. Thursday with reports of a puppy who wandered out on the thin ice of the pond behind behind a home in the 4300 block of Dixie Highway and “broke through with the warm weather,” according to Middletown Fire Chief Brian Wright.

ExploreMiddletown Fire trains for ice rescue scenarios

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.