Surfer Joe Riopelle, left, pulls in Matt Smolenski and a rescued
dog near the Grand Haven, Mich., pier. Smolenski paddled out on
his surfboard to reach and rescue a struggling dog that had been
swept off a Lake Michigan pier(dock) by a big wave.
Smolenski said he grabbed the pooch's(another word for dog) collar
just as the exhausted, black-and-brown mixed breed stopped
dog-paddling.
'He put the dog up on his surfboard, and the dog rode the surfboard
in to shore,' said Royce Rodgers, an off-duty police officer.
Officer Royce witnessed the rescue from the shore.
