Sometimes we just need a feel good start to the day! ❤️🐶🧑‍🚒 venturacountyfire Firefighters Rescue Dog Trapped by Rising Water in Flood Channel VCFD and Oxnard Fire Department were dispatched to assist Ventura County Animal Services with a dog trapped in a flood channel in the Oxnard plains. The dog was stranded on a small collection of reeds and debris in the middle of a vertical wall channel of the Revolon Slough, surrounded by rising, fast-moving water and steep channel walls. Firefighters carefully extended a 35-foot ground ladder toward the dog, allowing a member of VCFD’s Swift Water Rescue Team to descend and safely bring her to shore. The dog was then turned over to Ventura County Animal Services, who report the estimated 3-year-old female Pug or French Bulldog mix appeared to be unharmed. The dog was not wearing an ID tag or microchip and is now being cared for by VC Animal Services as they search for her owner. Thanks to the training and teamwork of our firefighters a...