PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A puppy is continuing to recover after being found inside a garbage bag on the side of a road. One west Michigan woman's decision to stop her car likely saved the German shepherd's life.

Sarah Wood, a Bedford resident, was on her way to work on Wednesday when she said she heard what sounded like crying coming from the side of the road. It was around 6:30 a.m. when she pulled over on East Ave N near Morgan Rd., got out of the car, pulled out her flashlight and found something she described as unthinkable.

“I saw a puppy hanging out of a garbage bag,” she said. “His head was out and I saw his little paws and I knew I just had to help," Wood said.

Inside the bag, a tiny German Shepherd puppy was fighting for air. She said she panicked, took him out of the

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