Wally the dog rescued after getting stuck between walls

If Wally knew how to talk, the dog would probably admit to being embarrassed about how he got his name. The 4-year-old Shar-Pei mixed breed was rescued on Friday after he got stuck between two walls in Cathedral City. He's now resting at the Coachella Valley Animal Campus in Thousand Palms, but how he got stuck and for how long remains a mystery.



It's likely Wally got stuck chasing a smaller animal that ran through the space, Riverside County Department of Animal Services spokesman John Welsh said. “Wally could've been in there for several hours, without a doubt,” he said. Animal control officers received a call around 10 a.m. regarding a barking dog.

Upon arrival, they found Wally stuck in a crawl space separating a home and a wall that belongs to the Coachella Valley Water District. “It's not every day someone calls the water district to rescue a dog,” district spokeswoman Heather Engel said. District workers spent about 40 minutes pounding a hole into the wall and freed a weak and dehydrated Wally by 1:30 p.m., Welsh said.



A district employee fed the friendly dog a bean and cheese burrito. No one knew if Wally had an owner. “He doesn't have any tags; our officers were just kind of nicknaming him that for now,” Welsh said. Wally was taken to Valley Animal Medical Center in Indio for treatment before heading to the animal campus. He will be held there for five days before he's available for adoption if an owner doesn't come forward.

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