NJ Officer Rescues Dog from Frigid Water on Frozen Lake Mohawk

Heroic Dog Rescue on Lake Mohawk

• 🚨 A Sparta patrolman is being hailed as a hero for crawling onto thin ice and jumping into frigid water to save a dog.
• 🐶 The rescue was captured on police bodycam video, showing the officer carefully approaching the Labrador that was struggling in the water.
• ✅ Within minutes, the officer successfully retrieved the dog, identified as a 10-year-old Labrador named Suniss, and brought her back to safety on dry land.

Owner's Gratitude and Dog's History

• 💬 Suniss's owner, Chance Dobs, expressed immense gratitude for the officer's actions, calling him an "unsung and unappreciated hero."
• 🐕 Suniss, along with another dog, Bruno, had escaped from their property through a weak spot in an electric fence.
• ⚠️ This was not the first time the dogs, particularly Suniss, had escaped, with Dobs noting she is a "big time instigator" and has a "streak in her."
• 🏞️ The incident occurred around noon on Lake Mohawk, where a neighbor spotted the dogs walking on the ice before the rescue.