Hound not drowned

Ruff, tough cops save dog near Hudson River

A PRECIOUS pooch named Rosie, feared dead after slipping off her leash in SoHo, was reunited with her stunned family Wednesday after miraculously surviving a mile-long journey that ended on a Hudson River pier.

“It was a pretty traumatic morning,” said Rosie’s owner, Simon Thackway.

Rosie, a shaggy, sand-colored beagle-schnauzer mix, slipped off her leash at Grand and Crosby Sts. when a loud noise startled her around 9 a.m.

Thackway, 50, chased after the dog, frantically asking pedestrians he passed if they’d seen his pup. “She ran across Broadway, West Broadway, and then I lost her,” he said.

About 40 minutes later, a Holland Tunnel security guard saw the dog jump into the Hudson River near the pier that includes a tunnel security vent.

“We got a message from this incredibly sweet policeman, Joe,” Thackway said. “He said someone saw her near Pier 40 (the pier north of the tunnel vent) and tried to grab her but she slipped out of her collar and into the water.”

Thackway and his wife, Kat McCord, jumped on Citi Bikes and pedaled down to the river to join the search effort.

As minutes ticked by, the couple prepared to deliver the devastating news to their 14-year-old son that his beloved pet had drowned.

But just before 11 a.m., about two hours after Rosie disappeared, a Holland Tunnel operations staffer spotted a trail of blood under a pier support.

“They followed her bloody footprints on the pier to see if they could find her, and they couldn’t see her,” Thackway told the Daily News.

Port Authority Police Officers Joseph Ponzo and Andrew Chartoff and Lt. Michael Church climbed down pier rafters – and that’s where they found sweet Rosie. She hadn’t jumped into the river after all.

“We went from being just desperate and really upset to being relieved and happy,” said Thackway.

Cops told him they were ready to do anything to save Rosie. “It was so sweet,” Thackway said. “One guy said if he’d seen her in the water, he would’ve just dived in after her. And the other guy said, ‘I would’ve done the same.’ ”

A vet treated Rosie’s cut-up paws and a gash in her side. “She’s totally fine,” Thackway said, sighing with relief.

Now, when Thackway and his wife tell their teenage son the story, it’ll have a happy ending.