Blind, deaf dog makes his way home after fall into sewer

Tippy the Shih Tzu went for a rather unusual walk Tuesday morning near his southwest Omaha home, a journey that left his family shaking their heads. The owner, Albert Armendariz, said he absolutely couldn`t believe his eyes when 14-year-old Tippy disappeared down a storm sewer drain in front of their house at 7906 S. 136th St. during his morning bathroom break. Armendariz said he was with the dog outside about 8 a.m. when it suddenly slipped into a sewer opening on the street. The dog landed about 5-feet below street level, just out of reach. At first, Tippy stayed right by the sewer opening while Armendariz talked to him and waited for help. Tippy, meanwhile, decided to try and find his own way out and began wandering along a 24-inch sewer pipe that runs down 136th Street. The dog was nowhere in sight when a crew from the utility company arrived about 9:30 a.m. More