Shropshire Star

Puppy Charlie's wheelie lucky bin escape

Puppy Charlie had a wheelie lucky escape when his leg became trapped by a bin in his owner's garden.

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In fact, owner Beatriz Richards-Ceron joked that she came off worse when she tried to free the four-month-old Irish Terrier because the panicking pet bit her – forcing her to call the fire service for help.

Mrs Richards-Ceron, 38, of Telford, heard her pet's agonised yelps and rushed into the garden of her Apley home where she found Charlie with his leg trapped between the wheel and the bin.

Panicking, the home-based IT worker tried to free him but the distressed dog bit her.

Unable to get near her trapped dog she called firefighters who came to the rescue at her home in Peregrine Way.

Within minutes her faithful friend was bounding around the garden without so much as a scratch on him.

She said: "Charlie went out into the garden after I had taken him for a walk.