This dog found a lost cat stuck in a storm drain and refused to leave its side

A dog's keen sense of smell just reunited a long-lost cat with his owner.

Shelly Colette was out for a walk with her dog, a border collie Labrador mix named Cash, in New Brunswick, Canada. When Colette and Cash passed by a storm drain, Cash stopped and "refused to move," The Star reported.

When Colette peered down the grate, she spotted a cat. It turns out his name was Ghost, and he had been missing for six weeks. "I had never met Ghost, but I had seen the missing cat signs around town and I thought, 'That's Ghost,'" Colette said. She said it was clear that Cash "wanted to save this cat."

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Colette called Ghost's owner, Izzy Francolini, who rushed over. Francolini then contacted city workers to take off the manhole cover, a job that required multiple sledgehammers.

Hours later, Ghost emerged and his owner took him home. "I love that dog dearly," Francolini said.