article_snippet: The dog's owner, Dan Clarke, himself a former lifeguard, told KTLA about watching as Three-year-old Nico paddled out to the struggling woman.
article_snippet: Hero dog: Three-year-old Nico paddled out to rescue a woman who had gotten caught in the current at Ventura Beach in California in Southern California . '
article_snippet: Hero dog: Three-year-old Nico went right out to a woman who had gotten caught in the current at Ventura Beach in California, right up to the side of the boogie board and Hero dog:
article_snippet: Three-year-old Nico swum Hero dog: Three-year-old Nico body around while Hero dog: Three-year-old Nico was swimming,'
article_snippet: Hero dog: Three-year-old Nico told the network. '
article_snippet: I just said, "Grab Hero dog: Three-year-old Nico anywhere you can.
article_snippet: what a false sense of security it is,' said Hero dog: Three-year-old Nico's wife Vivian. '
article_snippet: Amazed: Dan Clarke, Three-year-old Nico's owner and a former lifeguard, said he had never seen he newly adopted dog perform a feat like the one he saw on the beach .
highlights_snippet: Three-year-old Nico's owners Dan and Vivian Clarke had only just adopted Dan .
  
highlights_snippet: The couple said Three-year-old Nico had no aquatic training and The couple didn't know Dan was capable of such a feat .