Photos courtesy of the Navajo County Sheriff’s OfficeA deputy with the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office, along with a Navajo County Sheriff’s Auxiliary volunteer, a Joseph City Fire Department Rope and Rescue team member and a trooper with the Arizona Department of Public Safety were on hand to help with the rescue of a dog that had fallen into a canyon.
Photos courtesy of the Navajo County Sheriff’s OfficeA deputy with the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office, along with a Navajo County Sheriff’s Auxiliary volunteer, a Joseph City Fire Department Rope and Rescue team member and a trooper with the Arizona Department of Public Safety were on hand to help with the rescue of a dog that had fallen into a canyon.

At approximately 10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 16, the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received a phone call indicating a female needed help in the Little Painted Desert Park area north of Winslow.

Law enforcement including a NCSO deputy, an NCSO Auxiliary Volunteer and an Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper responded to the area and located the distraught female. She reported that while walking her two dogs near the edge of a canyon, one of them fell into it and she was unable to locate it or see if it was possibly injured.

Officers walked the edge of the canyon heard a whimpering in the crevice. The dog was located however they were unable to scale down the 30-foot crevice to rescue the fallen animal. Joseph City Fire District Rope Rescue Team was called to the location for assistance. Jeff Dixon with the Rescue Team was able to safely rappel down the side of the canyon and rescue “Lila” the lost dog who was uninjured in the ordeal. Lila was safely returned to her owner.