A close call ended happily for a dog and his owners after the pet slipped and fell into the river in West Vancouver’s Cypress Falls Saturday.

Mia van der Kop and Peter Figasinski were out for a walk with their golden lab Houston on the trails above the river when the dog slipped down a steep embankment.

Houston, who is just shy of one year old, tried to scramble back up the slippery rocks, but lost his footing again and fell into the river.

As Figasinski watched in horror, Houston washed downstream and over a couple of waterfalls before managing to swim to the bank and climb onto an angled ledge.

“When Peter told me he saw it, I panicked and screamed,” van der Kop said. “I thought we’d never see him again.”

The pair rain after Houston to make sure he was OK. When they saw the precarious spot the dog was stuck in, they called 911.

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