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Donges said she decided to look in her backyard one more time, and she found a part of the fence that was broken. She was walking near an old missile silo about 200 yards from her house when she heard a faint bark.
“I just heard a single bark, and I had to check it out, she said.
When she walked through the door, she could hear barking and saw a “gigantic hole,” she said.
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Despite being wet, cold and hungry, the dogs were in the hole and alive.
She said the dogs started splashing in the water and “freaking out” when they saw her.
The fire department responded and got the dogs out safely. The dogs survived on the standing water they were stranded in.
The dogs are working on regaining some weight after losing a combined 55 pounds.
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