That's a good dog! Water rescue pup tows 2,800lb pontoon boat back to safety

That's a good dog! Water rescue pup tows 2,800lb pontoon boat back to safety in choppy Pennsylvania waters

• Newfoundland pup, Oakley, successfully pulled a 2,800 boat to safety as waters became choppy ahead of a storm
• Oakley was trained by the American Academy of Canine Water Rescue, which teaches dogs to execute rescues in water out of boats, jet skis and helicopters
• Oakley is one of just two US dogs trained using the rescue methods made famous by the Scuola Italiana Cani da Salvataggio in Italy

A water rescue trained dog saved a boat that had been pulled off course by a strong current and choppy waters in a Beltzville, Pennsylvania lake.

Oakley, the Newfoundland who trains with the American Academy of Canine Water Rescue in Massachusetts, executed the impressive rescue just before a storm rolled in.

'We swam out and Oakley took the mooring rope in his mouth and turned that big pontoon into the current and pulled it all the way to her walking depth!' wrote George Abraham, who runs Oakley's Instagram account: @that_nepa_newfie.

Oakley can be seen in her doggy rescue goggles and gear, dragging a boat many times her size and weight out of the lake's current against a backdrop of growing storm clouds.

Oakley was trained by the American Academy of Canine Water Rescue in Massachusetts

Newfoundlands, golden retrievers and some other breeds are trained by the school to execute water rescues out of boats, off of jet skis, and out of helicopters

Oakley sports specialty rescue goggles. She is one of just two US dogs trained using the methods of the Scuola Italiana Cani da Salvataggio - the Italian counterpart to the American Academy

Oakley was trained by the American Academy of Canine Water Rescue in Southborough, Massachusetts and is one of just two dogs in the United States that is trained using the methods of the Scuola Italiana Cani da Salvataggio - the Italian counterpart to the American Academy.

Water rescue dogs, which include breeds such as Newfoundlands, German shepherds and golden retrievers, are taught how to execute rescues off of boats, jet skis, and even out of helicopters.

'Newfoundland Dogs, as well as Labrador Retrievers and certain other breeds, were specifically bred to rescue people in the water.

'When this natural instinct is enhanced via clear training, bonding techniques with a human handler then the dog/human team becomes beyond compare as a rescue entity for people in danger of drowning,' reads the Academy's website.

Oakley appears to spend most of her year training for various water rescue demonstrations and event around the world. 

Oakley executes a rescue out of a helicopter - a method called a helocast.

Oakley and other Newfoundlands go through intense obedience trainings before they are ready to execute water rescues

The pup tugged the 2,800lb boat to safety before a storm

Oakley successfully executed the rescue, for which she had been trained

Jogger bewildered after entire flock of 100 SHEEP start running after her in French woods

Mind if we follow ewe? Jogger is left bewildered after entire flock of 100 SHEEP start running after her when she finds them lost in French woods

• Artist Eleanor Scholz was on a hike when she came across the bewildered runner
• Runner explained that the 100-strong flock of sheep wouldn't stop following her 

For many runners, they might have their dog as a companion whilst out on a run - but one trail runner in France was left bewildered after she was followed by no less than 100 sheep.

The French woman was running along a forested path near Puy de Dôme in central France - and she was following in quick succession by an entire flock of sheep after they became lost.

Artist Eleanor Scholz was on a hike when she came across the bewildered runner who explained that the 100-strong flock just wouldn't stop following her after she found them lost in the woods.

For many runners, they might have their dog as a companion whilst out on a run - but one trail runner in France was left bewildered after she was followed by no less than 100 sheep

Artist Eleanor Scholz was on a hike when she came across the bewildered runner who explained that the 100-strong flock just wouldn't stop following her after she found them lost in the woods

The sheep were running behind the woman and stopping when the runner did so.

The runner stopped to chat to Scholz for a few minutes to explain the bizarre situation - and during this time, the sheep waited patiently for her to finish talking. 

The woman explained that the whole flock of sheep had become lost and followed her for her entire run.

When the woman began running again, the 100 sheep all quickly ran after her in a blur of white and black.

Scholz joked on Instagram that the woman is a 'shepherdess now'. 

And video shows that when the woman began running again, the 100 sheep all quickly ran after her in a blur of white and black

Scholz joked on Instagram that the woman is a 'shepherdess now'

She later said on social media that the runner had told her than she was leading the sheep back to where she'd seen some pastures earlier on in her run. 

She added: 'It wouldn’t have been difficult to ask around in that small community and figure out who they belong to, since the sheep were all painted to identify which farm they came from.'

Scholz joked that it would have been a 'confusing' day for the farmer to discover his entire flock missing - and to learn that the sheep had gone out on a run with a random woman. 

Sheep instinctively flock together and follow a leader - and when one sheep moves, the rest will follow. 

'Sheep display an intensely gregarious social instinct that allows them to bond closely to other sheep and preferentially to related flock members,' experts wrote in a research paper published in the MSD Veterinary Manuel. 'Flock mentality movements protect individuals from predators.' 

It is not known whether the sheep ended up back at their farm - or why they began following the woman in the first place.