Odin, a 3-year-old Pomeranian in Central Florida, is an Internet sensation after firefighters rescued him from a baby gate
By Pattrik Perez
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BREVARD COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — Odin, a 3-year-old Pomeranian from Merritt Island, became an internet sensation after Brevard County firefighters rescued him from a baby gate last week.
“I honestly knew that he’d be famous one day for something, but I didn’t think it’d be for getting his head stuck in a baby gate out of all things,” said Odin’s owner, Taeli Troumbly.
Troumbly said she discovered Odin stuck in the gate in her hallway.
“I went out to the hallway, and I looked, and his head was crammed on the gate,” she said. “I grabbed him, and I felt his body, and there was no squeezing him out.”
After trying to free Odin herself, Troumbly called 911, and firefighters arrived shortly after.
“They got the jaws of life out, and I’ve never seen those in my life,” Troumbly said.
Brevard County Fire Rescue used spreaders to pry the gate open and successfully free Odin.
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“They didn’t make one noise. They put it inside the gate, and they held on to him. It just kind of like opened up, and they lifted him up, and then they took him out,” Troumbly said.
Since posting a video of Odin’s rescue on TikTok, Troumbly said he has become an internet star, gaining millions of views and even appearing in national TV interviews.
“It’s been so fun just getting to honestly meet people and watch him make people smile,” Troumbly said. “That’s been the part I think that’s so rewarding for me. Like, I raised him. He’s a nice boy.”
The incident taught her a lesson.
“No more baby gates in our household,” she said.
Without a doubt, Odin is enjoying the extra attention from his owner and others.
“He just makes me laugh every day, and he’s a really darn good dog,” Troumbly said.
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