Lucky dogs saved in time for Christmas Police officers don cold water survival suits to rescue a dog that fell through ice in Massachusetts. Courtesy: Wellesley Police Crosby, the five-year-old Golden Retriever was rescued by firefighters after falling through ice on the partially frozen Charles River. EVERYONE loves a good doggie rescue story just before Christmas right? Well, how about two? This story is bound to melt the hearts of even the biggest Grinches. A pair of lucky pooches were saved from certain death by the sort of rescue crews usually reserved for humans. Police and firefighters in Wellesley, Massachusetts, rescued the first canine who had become stranded in the ice after falling through on the partially frozen Charles River on December 22. The five-year-old Golden Retriever named Crosby was rescued by a firefighter who swam out to her in an emergency cold water survival suit. In the second rescue, a life boat crew saved a lucky Labrador who was swept out to sea while playing on the beach at Sea Palling, Norfolk. A life boat crew rescued a lucky Labrador who was swept out to sea while playing on the beach at Sea Palling, Norfolk, on December 22. Courtesy RNLI The Royal National Lifeboat Institution's Happisburgh boat was on an training exercise when they were called into help with the search for eight-year-old Quila. The volunteers were about to give up the search about a kilometre out to sea but then they suddenly heard barking coming from the terrified lab shaking on rocks on a reef. This heartwarming vision shows the crew coaxing the animal across the reef and into one of the crew member's arms to carry it safety in the boat. She was then reunited with her owners. Awwww, merry Christmas everyone!!! Quila the Labrador looks relieved to be on the safety in the boat.