A dog is looking for a furever home after nearly drowning in a pool in Fort Lauderdale.

Eleven-week-old Leo remains shaken up but hopeful for the future after he was rushed to an animal hospital by Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue on Friday.

The dog fell into a murky pool behind a home on Vermont Avenue and nearly drowned.

“He was near drowned. The fire department brought him in. They did an amazing job,” said Dr. Enio Sanmarti, a veterinarian at VEG ER for Pets, the animal hospital where Leo was taken.

Darling Merissaint told 7News she was watching Leo for a family member when she realized he’d fallen in the pool.

“I grabbed a big stick and pulled him out, and I noticed that he was breathing really hard,” she said.

She called 911 and first responders arrived quickly, put Leo on oxygen an

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