Puppy raises alarm to struggling swimmer
Wilson the Doberman puppy has been crowned a hero after alerting his owner to a distressed and struggling swimmer in the sea near a lighthouse off the coast of Swansea.
The swimmer had been caught up in a strong tide and was trying to signal for help.
The courageous canine Wilson ran to the sea, despite not liking water, and started barking, fixated on the swimmer out to sea.
It was doubtful that the swimmer would have been spotted if Wilson had not drawn attention to the swimmer.
Wilson’s owner Richard Absalom said: ‘He was in quite a choppy part of the water. I noticed he was waving his arms. He could not shout because he was swallowing water.’
Mr Absalom, 31, went to the lifeboat station where he has volunteered for the past 5 years. A boat was sent out to the exhausted swimmer, who was clinging to a rock on an island. The boat got there just in time, and the swimmer was rescued all thanks to Wilson spotting him so quickly.
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