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Weston dog stuck in drainage pipe is saved by teamwork

By Alli Knothe

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  May 18, 2012

Rowdie, a 14-year-old chocolate Labrador retriever from Weston, found himself in a tight spot Wednesday afternoon when he followed his nose into a drainage pipe near a Little League baseball field. During his daily walk at Burchard Park with his owner, Noel Estes, Rowdie caught a scent. “All of a sudden he just shot off,’’ Estes said. He ran into a drainage pipe about 2 feet in diameter and was unable to get out.

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