The puppy's owner called a rescue hotline Thursday morning several hours after the 4-week-old puggle-dachshund mix disappeared into an uncovered pipe in the basement of the family's home on the 17000 block of Pembroke.
Kevin Hatman, a spokesman for the Michigan Humane Society, says the rescue team spent several hours trying to free the puppy from the basement before realizing he had traveled more than a dozen feet down the pipe and was likely outside the home.
Working with Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society, along with local plumbing and excavation companies, the crew was able to dig a hole outside the home, use a stethoscope to find the puppy's heartbeat through the pipe and cut him free Thursday evening.
Remarkably, "Piper" survived the ordeal without significant injury.
"Obviously when a puppy is stuck in a drain pipe like this for such a long time and at such a young age, it's just really, really gratifying that when they come out they're none to worse for fear," Hatman told MLive.com. "He was just a little cold and a little hungry."
Because of the puppy's young age, he was quickly reunited with his mother for a feeding and is now back with his owners.
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