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Dogs rescued from drainage system

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CHICAGO, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Workers had to remove a huge patch of concrete to rescue one of two Rottweilers that fell into an open drainage system in a Chicago suburb.

The contracting company that owns Trixi and Bosco initially thought the pair had been dognapped after they disappeared from the firm's 10-acre lot in suburban Schaumburg, the Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday.

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The theory that the dogs had been stolen was abandoned when a worker for A Lamp Concrete Contractors Inc. heard a whine coming from the drainage system on the company's property.

Popping open a manhole in the driveway, the worker saw 10-month-old Trixi peering up at him but Bosco was nowhere in sight.

Knowing that the two dogs were inseparable, the firm used a camera to locate Bosco who was stuck in an 18-inch drain pipe 225 feet away.

A company spokeswoman told the Tribune workers had to remove a patch of concrete 50 feet by 10 feet to retrieve Bosco.

Both dogs are expected to recover.

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