This is the heartwarming moment a heroic boy climbed down into a dirty canal to save an injured dog.<br /><br />Nini Ragos was on her way to the market in Caloocan City, the Philippines when she noticed the stranded dog in distress on August 21.<br /><br />It appeared to have slipped on the wet ledge and plunged into the canal below. <br /><br />Nini and her friend called for help from locals, but only the young boy stepped in to volunteer.<br /><br />She said: "We were about to go down ourselves when the boy volunteered to take the dog. He was so brave and kind."<br /><br />The hero boy went down the canal and pulled the weak dog into the banks where Nini and her friend prepared a basket with rope so they can carry it up.<br /><br />After the rescue, they found that the dog appeared to have suffered injures from the fall onto the rocky surface.<br /><br />The female dog had also recently given birth as its nipples were swollen with milk, so they looked for the puppies nearby where they found six.<br /><br />Nini said: "The mother dog may have been scavenging for food last night during the heavy rain, and fell because of the slippery floor."<br /><br />The mother dog and the puppies are being taken care of by Nini until they can all adopted in new homes.
