Junior the puppy has found a novel way to tyre himself out before bedtime.
The blue and red-nose pitbull cross was playing with his brothers and siblings at home in Bakersfield, California, when he got his head irreversibly stuck inside the wheel-rim of his master’s Buick Regal.
Owner Meagan Beeler tried everything she could to prise the playful pup free but he would not budge.
In the end she was forced to take him – and the wheel – to her local fire station where she begged firefighters for help.
Fortunately, firemen at station 41 in East Bakersfield has just the solution.
Using a combination of ‘cooking oil and a little ingenuity’ they were able to jimmy Junior to freedom to Meagan’s delight.
But her relief was short lived after Meagan became the victim of internet trolls asking how she allowed the dog to get stuck in the wheel in the first place.
In a post on her Facebook page, Meagan wrote: ‘It is my puppy he was playing with his brothers and sisters on the patio where my husband had put his rims for his regal and he got it stuck I’m no low life or whatever else u want to call me.
‘I am a highly educated woman thanks and I love my kids as well as my animals and would not let them get hurt purposely so go screw ur selves…’
She went on: ‘As for those that are leaving positive comments thank you he is doing great his name was jr but since then have started calling him rim job lol he is a blue and red nose mix … he is for sale as are his 4 brothers and 3 sisters … but he is doing very well no bumps scraps of any kind … thanks again station 41 for helping him out i owe guys a dinner.’
Source: Daily Mail