The West Highland Terrier had fallen into the sea and was pulled underwater by the strong currents
A pet dog who was feared drowned after plunging 10ft into the sea was brought back to life - when her owner gave her the kiss of life.
Pensioners Dave, 72, and Brenda Rickard, 67, were on holiday in Caernarfon in North Wales with their daughter Karen, 36, and two grandchildren when disaster struck.
The family were crabbing when their pet pooch Daisy slipped off the quay and fell 10ft into the sea.
They frantically tried to encourage the West Highland Terrier to swim to safety but she was pulled underwater by the strong currents.
Fortunately a passing fisherman spotted Daisy and managed to scoop her out of the water by hooking a long pole around her collar.
Owner Dave was then handed the limp dog, who was completely motionless, and instinctively gave her the kiss of life.
He took turns rubbing Daisy’s chest and breathing into her mouth with his wife Brenda until they realised she had started to breathe again for herself.
They then rushed her to the local vets who put her on oxygen and tried to get her warm as quickly as possible.
Vets warned the family the four-year-old dog might be brain damaged as a result of a lack of oxygen but incredibly she made a full recovery and was allowed out the next day.
The family then returned from their caravan holiday and say Daisy is back to her normal self.
Retired industrial engineer Dave, who lives with Brenda in Rugby, Warwickshire, said he acted as if Daisy was a human.
He added: “I had been crabbing with our eldest granddaughter and the others had walked Daisy and came back to us.
“She was still off the lead and we were on the quay and she just slipped off the side and fell 10ft into the sea.
“She was swimming okay but the current was taking her away and eventually she got so weak and gave up.
“Her head went under the water, it was a horrendous scene.
“Fortunately there was a boat going back into the marina and he saw the commotion and managed to fish her out of the water.
“By that time I had walked 50 yards along the quayside and down a ladder and he handed her to me. She was just totally motionless, there was nothing there.
“I started rubbing her chest and there was lots of water coming out of her mouth and nostrils.
“I instinctively started breathing in her mouth and after about four or five minutes of me and my wife doing it I put my cheek to her nose and could feel a slight breath.
“We wrapped her up as warm as we could and got her to the car drove to the vets.
“In the car her eyes kept closing again but I treated her as if she was a human and kept calling her name and trying to keep her with us and to keep them open.
“They said she might have pneumonia or brain damage but she pulled through and now she is fine.
“We’ve still got her on tablets but she seems her normal self and doesn’t seem to have been affected at all.”
The couple’s daughter Karen, who witnessed the heroic rescue with her nine-year-old daughter Luci, said her parents had performed a miracle.
Karen, whose four-week-old baby Oscar was also on the holiday, added: “We were all crying and screaming because Daisy had drowned.
“My folks got to work quickly, pressing her chest and giving her mouth-to-mouth.
“Daisy started passing a lot of stuff out of her mouth and nose and my dad screamed ‘she’s breathing’.
“Her tongue, which had turned black during the trauma, started to turn pink again and we couldn’t believe it when her eyes opened.
“Daisy’s alive and none of us can believe it but good things do happen to good people and my parents are that.
“We are still in shock but miracles do happen. It truly was the most horrific experience of my life. Someone was watching over us, I totally believe that.”