By ROBB FREDERICK

WESTFIELD, N.Y. — A scared dog spent the night on an ice floe before New York sheriff’s deputies scooped it into a rescue helicopter and carried it to shore Tuesday

The dog, a shepherd mix named Koozie, was being treated at the Village Veterinary Clinic in Westfield, according to the staff there. She did not appear to be seriously hurt.

Kevin Caffery, a captain with the Erie County Sheriff’s Office in Buffalo, N.Y., had grabbed the dog after he dropped onto the ice at about 8:30 a.m.

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