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Summary
Billings firefighters (Brandon Fleury, left and Ben Jares, right) use an ice rescue sled to retrieve a six-month old 118-pound St. Bernard puppy after it spent the night frozen to a pond at the Peter Yegen, Jr. Golf Club, Billings, Montana, 07 March, 2009.

The dog's owner believes the puppy, Duke, snuck through the gate and ran to the nearby golf course, where rescuers believe it fell through the ice into the frozen pond, was able to resurface but was unable to get any further when its wet fur became stuck to the ice.

CASEY RIFFE/Gazette Staff, found at: Billings Gazette, Copyright © The Billings Gazette, a division of Lee Enterprises.