Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe FRESNO, Calif., April 8 (UPI) -- Firefighters in California said they lowered a rope 50 feet into an old well to rescue a puppy appropriately named Timmy. The Fresno Fire Department said the 6-week-old German shepherd mix fell into an old pipe that led to the well Tuesday in Fresno and firefighters came to Timmy's rescue in the absence of a heroic collie. Advertisement Firefighters said they lowered a makeshift harness into the hole to hoist the puppy to safety. "We just used one of our utility ropes and made a loop on the end and just tried to get it around the puppy in the right way," Pete Martinez of the Fresno Fire Department told KSEE-TV. The puppy's owners said the hole had previously been covered with cardboard and a brick, but Timmy apparently managed to fall in sometime overnight. The family said Timmy was doing well following his rescue. Read More Helicopter finds lost cyclist in Florida woods California Highway Patrol shares photos of rescued baby owl N.J. firefighters rescue curious dog carried away by creek Neighbors rescue 9-year-old boy from well in Texas