Hero rottweiler Basil saves girl who fell into Lake Burley Griffin at Kingston Foreshore

By Megan Doherty
Updated February 19 2018 - 8:21pm, first published 4:15pm
Jarrad Houghton with his dog Basil came to the rescue of a child that fell into the lake at Kingston Foreshore. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos
Jarrad Houghton with his dog Basil came to the rescue of a child that fell into the lake at Kingston Foreshore. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos

Jarrad​ Houghton shudders to think what might have happened had he not let his dog Basil investigate a splash in the water at the Kingston Foreshore in Canberra on Friday evening.

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