Once they were reunited in the water, the owner didn't appear to be able to find a way out and started to struggle.

Once his family realized Razzle was still out there, they were desperate to reunite - but there were 1,600 miles between them.

He got a call saying that Darla might have been found - but deceased. As he waited for the heartbreaking confirmation, he got another call.

'All of the sudden this little girl shoved her nose into my shoulder so hard and went "woof" just like she meant business.'

'I was really lucky to be able to do what I did, and what I did was not right. It put people in a difficult situation. I was desperate.'

The owner got his dog back from the humane society the next morning and insists that he did no wrong.

Following his normal routine, the worker loaded the dumpster and was about to empty it when movement caught his eye.

They immediately had a special place in their hearts for the little shih tzu because someone in their family could relate to her condition.

Jax's owners quickly took him to a different vet but came to the sad realization that his condition was so poor, he needed to be euthanized.

Whether the cat knows how much it's loved, at least it didn't have to use one of its nine lives thanks to firefighters and a caring owner.