Boaters rescued a miniature puppy off the shores of the Florida Keys over Memorial Day weekend.
According to the Miami Herald, Geni and George Hernandez came across the puppy Sunday on their way back from a sandbar.
Geni Hernandez, who is a detective with the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, spotted the three-pound puppy about two-miles from land.
“I can’t believe how big the ocean is, and we just rolled up to her,” Hernandez told the Herald. "My husband said it was a buoy, but I said, ‘No, slow down.' It was a puppy swimming for dear life, and not another boat around. I almost died.”
The puppy had no collar but seemed to be somebody's pet because it was well groomed, Hernandez said. The couple quickly put up notice on Craiglist and the next day the puppy was claimed, the newspaper said.
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The dog’s owner said she was coming back from the sandbar and didn't realize when the puppy fell overboard.
Hernandez told the Herald that the owner searched for the dog for nearly three hours with no luck.
“The dog had been given to her before a family member died of cancer. She cried all night," Hernandez said.
