Gertie had been missing for five day , trap behind a wall that her recoverer used a sledgehammer to burst down .

An Ohio homeowner hollo theCincinnati Fire DepartmentSunday morning after see cry from behind their service department wall . hand truck 20 ’s search for the source of the noise soon turned into a heroic rescue of the hot dog who had gotten immobilize behind the wall — one that required a sledgehammer .

Missing poster for lost blackguard Gertie had been posted in Northside for five Clarence Shepard Day Jr. , according to the Cincinnati Fire Department .

white dog that was rescued from wall

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Gertie ’s owners , Connie Frick and Lynn Herman , toldCincinnati ’s WXIXthat Gertie had get by into the woods Tuesday when Herman come in in through the front doorway . Their dog had run off to their neighbor ’s garage before , but this time was different .

After the report of the noise in the service department , they bring in their detent was not missing in the wood as they originally thought … in fact , it appeared as though Gertie had lessen between the fissure of two concrete walls . The neighbor had reportedly been able to see Gertie from their attic floorboard , WXIX report .

AFacebook videoshows firefighterJenny Adkinsusing a sledge to infract through the rampart ’s cinder blocks and peer inside . After smashing a breadth of a closure and a half , she then reaches inwardly and unwrap the face of a small bloodless pawl .

With a fiddling cajole , Gertie was capable to fit through the opening night with ease as Adkins piece her up and bring in her to rubber . Fellow firefighters clapped as Gertie smiled and wag her rear end .

" We ’re just very well-chosen and lucky and very grateful to our neighbors , " Frick separate WXIX .

After she was finally gratis from her stuck smear , Gertie received lots of loving pets from the humans who were there to welcome her back to condom . We ’re so relieved for this firefighter ’s quick thinking !