An 18-year-old Jack Russell was trapped down a well for 14 hours because she was ‘too polite to bark’.

The dog, named Jessica, vanished from a garden in Penmaenmawr, Conwy, on Monday.

Her owner, Paula Chester, launched a frantic search with her daughter Elisabeth Partington-Chester.

Paula said: ‘We went up the mountain, up to the quarry, calling out her name.

‘We were out until about 10pm and must have walked miles but we couldn’t find her.

‘I’ve never cried so much in my life.’

The next morning, Paula was told Jessica had been found – 25ft down a well.

‘It was covered in sheets of nettles and Jessica must have smelled something and fallen down,’ Paula said.

Firefighters were needed to rescue Jessica who was stood silently the entire time she was in the well.

‘The fire brigade was brilliant,’ said Paula.

‘One of the firefighters was a young lady – I think she was called Millie – climbed down and brought Jessica back up wrapped in a towel. I cried again, this time tears of joy.’

The dog was rushed to the vets and, remarkably, given a clean bill of health.

‘The vets said she was tired and a bit dehydrated,’ said Paula. ‘They said she might be a bit stiff the next morning but she was fine.’

The family has had her since she was three and, despite her age, she remains in excellent condition – if a little too well-mannered.

‘She’s not a barker, not a yappy dog. That’s probably why we didn’t find her for a while. We were calling out her name but she never barked back!’

On Facebook, firefighters said Jessica had ‘found herself in a spot of bother’.

They added: ‘After hours of searching, luckily the owners spotted her this morning trapped at the bottom, and our crews from Llandudno were on hand to rescue her.’

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