COUNCIL SHOWS WHO’S BOSS
GOLD Coast pooch Bruce Springsteen thinks the city council is The Boss after staff pulled out all the stops to rescue his favourite squeaky toy from a posh suburb drain.
YOU might think it’s a barking mad story but rest assured Operation Save Mr Squeaker has been a success.
And Main Beach pooch Bruce Springsteen – reunited with his favourite squeaky toy lost down a Tedder Ave drain – thinks Gold Coast City Council staff are now The Boss.
The drama started during a walk on the streets of Main Beach at the weekend when Bruce Springsteen’s owner Charlotte Price threw his favourite toy, Mr Squeaker, for him to fetch.
Springsteen, a two-yearold Yorkshire terrier, dropped it down the drain – and had not been himself since.
Springsteen had a tendency to be a bit of an ankle biter until Mr Squeaker came along and the pair are a popular fixture along Tedder Ave.
The pet pooch might be tougher than the rest but had become moody and listless without Mr Squeaker, Ms Price said.
“He’s been depressed and not his normal self,” she said.
“We discovered Bruce will chase Mr Squeaker up and down the corridor for an entire day and entire night.
“He’s very happy walking with Mr Squeaker in his mouth – he can’t bite anyone,” she said.
Bruce pulled the sad puppy eyes routine.
“He dived into the cupboard where Mr Squeaker was kept and scratched at it but there was no Mr Squeaker in there,” she said.
Ms Price knew the pooch wouldn’t settle for anything less than his favourite old toy.
“If I got back Mr Squeaker he’d get back his old vibrancy and life,” she said. “It’s not expensive at all but it means the world to him.”
Council workers yesterday heroically rescued Mr Squeaker from the depths of the drain where he’d spent the past three nights presumably dancing in the dark.
“When I rang I thought they’d tell me to jump in the lake,’’ Ms Price said.
“(Springsteen’s) clearly delighted,” she said. “Right now it’s glory days for him and he’s born to run (again).”
A Gold Coast City spokesman said officers were more than happy to reunite Springsteen and his best friend.
Objects getting trapped down drains happened often and retrieval was at no cost to council as it was usually carried out during normal duties.
“Crews retrieve dozens of items every year from our drains, but commonly it’s wallets, car keys and phones that people can’t bear to live without. A squeaky toy was definitely a new one,” the spokesman said.