On October 3, we received a call about a horse named Ivan who was down in his stall and unable to get back on his feet on his own. Ivan was certainly trying. He made repeated attempts to stand and could get himself into a sitting position, but he couldn’t get his hind legs underneath …
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Otto – Dog Over a Cliff
On September 30th, WASART was called to assist with a dog stranded over a steep cliff. By the time we arrived, a Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office deputy, who had rope experience, had already made his way down to Otto and was staying with him while additional rescue resources arrived. Otto was about 30 feet below …
Arlo, 140′ Down a Cliff
On July 15th, WASART received a call about Arlo, a dog who had fallen off a cliff along the Mt. Pilchuck trail. Our team responded with our equipment truck and hiked two miles up the trail carrying the rescue gear to meet Arlo’s owner. Due to the steep terrain, Arlo wasn’t visible from the trail. …
Summer, Horse Needing a Lift Up
On June 13th we received a call for assistance with a 30-year-old female Mustang horse named Summer. She laid down in her stall during the night and was unable to get up on her own. Her owner stated she had arthritis in her hind end but was an otherwise healthy horse. A veterinarian was on …
Lobo, Dog Stranded Across the Wallace River
On the afternoon of December 10th, we received a call about a shepherd dog that was stuck across the Wallace River in Sultan, WA. The dog was stranded in an area of the river with a high embankment of dense brush as well as approximately 40 feet of thick blackberry bushes behind the location. He …
Bella, Dog Over Cliff at Youngs Creek
This weekend’s call was for Bella, a 50ish lb dog, a Doodle, who waited at the bottom of a cliff, tucked between the Youngs Creek and the ravine wall she’d fallen down. She rested in some shallow water. The call came in a couple of hours before dark. We sent out a call to our …
Kodin, Injured Dog on Gothic Basin Trail
The call we received for this rescue came from the activation of an inReach device. If you aren’t familiar, an inReach is a device subscription service from Garmin that, among other features, uses satellites to send and receive texts where there isn’t cell service, and it as has an SOS button on the side. Once …
Mason, Dog on Greider Lake Trail
Usually when people call us, it’s through the emergency number, and when it’s for Snohomish County, we respond with the permission or by request of the Sheriff’s Office. Snohomish County has a lot of trails without cell service, so if someone needs rescue service by either us or regular search and rescue, there’s a long …
Leo, Dog Over Cliff in Snohomish
We received a call about a dog over a cliff in Mukilteo in Snohomish County, WA. Our subject was a lab-Airdale mix, weighing about 50 lbs named Leo. We had a responder meet with Officer Duke, an animal control officer (ACO) for Snohomish County. Our responder scouted the area and determined this would be a …
Flint, Dog Over Cliff in Snohomish
We received a call for a dog over a cliff in Arlington, WA, in Snohomish County. We put a call out to the team, knowing it may be a fairly technical rescue. Once our first responder on site confirmed it would be. It was the middle of the work day and most of our technical …