Boaters near Hernando Beach, Fla. pulled a tired Jack Russell terrier from the Gulf of Mexico when the little dog — donning a fitted canine life jacket — approached their vessel, likely hoping for rescue.

“You just saw his little nose sticking up out of the water,” Shawn Sahr told Tampa Bay Fox affiliate WTVT.

They called the Coast Guard to report the incident and learned that a distraught owner had reported the dog, whose name is Jagermeister, missing three hours earlier. Jager went missing that morning when the man went below deck for a moment.

Rescuers met the terrier’s grateful owner at the Coast Guard station, where he told them he’d given up hope after a lengthy search.

“He had tears,” Sahr told WTVT. “He said, ‘I had given up, I had searched as long as I could and we just couldn’t see him, we just thought we lost him,’”

A happy ending for an exhausted pooch and his human. And a reminder to water- and dog-lovers as boat season approaches: they don’t call them life preservers for nothing.

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Heidi is a 14-year-old Jack Russell terrier. She’s also blind and deaf, and she needs constant attention. Her loving owner, Mike, says that she’s very feeble. So when she disappeared on a walk one day, he was convinced that she was as good as dead.

He takes her on daily walks on a trail, where he takes her leash off to let her wander and sniff around. He keeps a close eye on her, even if he knows that she wouldn’t get very far. But somehow this time, she managed to slip away from him, and into the shrubbery of the hillside. Mike says that it only took three minutes for her to disappear, and after he searched for days with no result, he knew she was dead.

But 14 days after her disappearance, Mike received a phone call that he says nearly “gave him a heart attack.” Some crews were working on the highway when they found the pup — miraculously alive — where they were supposed to dig, a full mile away from where Mike had lost her. The elderly and disabled dog survived those 14 days with no food or water, and even a big storm in the area.

Now she’s happily reunited with her owner — and hopefully she won’t get lost again!

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Everyone, meet Dally the Jack Russell Terrier and Spanky the miniature horse! These two have not only formed a beautiful bond, but they also perform together! Yup, they make a lot of people smile and cheer! Both of them were rescued by their trainer, Francesca Carson. Carson said that as soon as the two met, they quickly bonded and formed a friendship. Their career in showbiz started when Carson was training Spanky, and then suddenly Dally just leaped onto Spanky’s back! Watch them in action on the video below!

What an incredible performance! Not only do these two perform together, they eat and drink together two! They’re inseparable! It just shows how close they really are! Aren’t they amazing?

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