This dog certainly is his master 's best friend after saving him from a cold and muddy grave . The black pooch was filmed in action as he took a rescue rope out to his owner at the Clarence J . Brown Dam and Reservoir in Springfield , Ohio , on Saturday afternoon . Footage shows the unidentified man then being hauled to shore by firefighters after spending almost two hours in waters hovering around zero degrees Celsius . He apparently got stuck waist-deep in mud while recovering some duck hunting gear . Luckily , he had a cell phone on hand to call 911 . However , first responders were unable to get a boat out to him because the river was too shallow . They also did n't want to send anyone into the pond in fear that they would get stuck too . That 's when they had the idea to send the dog in with a rescue rope . Go fetch : This dog certainly is his master 's best friend after saving him from a cold and muddy grave . The black pooch was filmed in action as he took a rescue rope out to his owner at the Clarence J . Brown Dam and Reservoir in Springfield , Ohio , on Saturday afternoon . All hands on deck : Footage shows the unidentified man then being hauled to shore by firefighters after spending almost two hours in waters hovering around zero degrees Celsius . Wrong move : He apparently got stuck waist-deep in mud while recovering some duck hunting gear . According to the Springfield News-Sun , the man remained in good spirits throughout his recovery and did n't suffer any injuries . Assistant Fire Chief Rick Hughes said that if the ordeal had gone on much longer it could have proved fatal . 'It ’ s a good thing he had his cellphone considering he was in the mud and water to about his chest and it was about 33 degrees [ Fahrenheit ] , ' he added .
The black pooch was filmed in 1998 as he pulls a rescue rope out to his owner at the nearby J . Brown Dam and Reservoir in Ohio on Saturday . it shows the unidentified man then being towed to shore by firefighters after spending almost 24 hours in cold water .