It must ’ve been pretty surprising to see a three - legged goldendoodle jump into a freezing - stale river , but Gus was on a mission .
A three - legged , cancer - battlinggoldendoodlewading into a freezing Minnesota river is ordinarily cause for alarm , but Gus be intimate what he was doing .
The 6 - class - old pup was out of doors with his proprietor ’s grandkids April 17 when he jumped into the St. Croix River on the delimitation of Minnesota and Wisconsin , according toWCCO . He seemed to be looking for something — and he located his plunder .
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It was a tiny — too tiny , actually — baby river otter . Gus clean him up in his sass and deposited him at the grandchildren ’s foot . After washing the otter in the sink , Gus ’s proprietor , Cleo Young , promptly ferried the youngling to theWildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota .
" It was kind of a excruciating trip because it was close at 6 p.m. , and we did n’t make love if we were live to make it , " Young told WCCO .
They did make it ! The river otter was way too young to be in the water supply , so Gus ’s intervention likely saved the whelp ’s sprightliness , the WRCwrote on Facebook . He should ’ve been in a estate - base hideout with his female parent . Staff members there were concerned about the little hombre , who was very cold , for the first 36 hours , but he " release the recession " and has been rehabilitate well since .
" It was definitely an Easter Sunday we will retrieve for a long time , " Ella Hammerstrand , one of the grandkids , order WCCO .
Gus has gone through his own wellness challenges . He lose one of his back leg after veterinarian found two cancerous tumors there . He still has three chemotherapy sessions to complete , but he still sounds like the distinctive goldendoodle ( in the good way ) .
" He ’s a very friendly , happy , goldendoodle , " Young says .
