The Guelph Fire Department rescued a man and his dog that had fallen through the ice on the pond at Marden Park Thursday afternoon.
Deputy chief John Osborne said the fire department received a call at 3:15 p.m. Thursday from a bystander who had seen a man and his dog fall through the ice. They were stuck in about 1.5 metres of water approximately 10 metres from shore and were unable to get themselves out.
The fire department responded with its water rescue team. They broke ice around the man and dog then used ropes to help pull them to safety.
"We got him out of the water and the dog was saved too," Osborne said.
The man was left in the care of paramedics and the deputy fire chief wasn't sure if the man was taken to hospital.
Osborne cautioned people to keep their dogs on leashes around water to avoid them getting into trouble on thin ice and potentially endangering the owner and firefighters that need to come to their assistance.
He said ice is now just too thin for anyone to safely venture on to.
