Sometimes even St. Bernards need rescuing

Firefighters use mallet to break ice around his frozen tail

	A firefighter heads out on an ice rescue sled to retrieve Duke, a St. Bernard dog frozen to ice in Billings, Mont., on Friday.
Casey Riffe / AP

Get weird & wonderful news on Twitter

Looking for more strange and fun stories and oddball videos? Follow @msnbc_wow.

Video: Wonderful World

EPA

Baby elephant splashes into spotlight
The baby elephant is the first to be born at the Melbourne Zoo in nearly 150 years. Msnbc's Monica Novotny reports.

Groom wakens from coma for wedding

Swans rescued from frozen lake

Kid reporters produce stories on Haiti

Kids jump for a new record

Your turn!

Inspirational athletes
In honor of the 2008 Olympics, we're celebrating the athletes in your own life who inspire greatness.

updated 9:29 p.m. ET March 7, 2009

BILLINGS, Mont. - There was a rescue involving a St. Bernard in Billings, Mont., but this time it was the humans who saved the day.

A 16-month-old St. Bernard named Duke apparently fell through the ice on a golf-course pond after escaping from his yard. He was able to pull himself out but ended up getting frozen to the ice.

A maintenance worker saw the dog and got help. Two firefighters in dry suits pushed an ice rescue sled over about 10 feet of hip-deep water and 10 feet of ice to reach the shivering, 118-pound dog on Friday.

Story continues below ↓

advertisement | your ad here

The firefighters broke the ice around Duke's tail with a mallet before hauling the dog and a chunk of ice back to shore.

Duke was feeling better after being de-iced and warmed up under a blow dryer at a veterinary clinic.