rescued

A dog went overboard near Hernando Beach in the Gulf of Mexico

while his owner had gone below deck to check on something.  When he returned, his dog was missing.  He searched as long as he was able but thought that he had lost his "baby" forever.  Luckily another boater spotted something bobbing in the water and realized it was a dog when it swam toward his boat.  The dog was reunited with it's owner at a Coast Guard station and everyone agreed that the only reason that the dog survived it's 3 hour ordeal in the water was that it was wearing a doggy life vest.  lucky dog