Hurray!
I had my cat up a REDWOOD tree in my backyard... I come home and my stupid neighbor is in the backyard with a hose and says "she won't come down" I restrain myself and say "if I were spraying you with a hose would you come to me?"
So he puts away the hose and I go inside and open a can of cat food... place it at the bottom of the tree... go inside, turn on TV, and proceed to pound beers.
When it came time to go to bed cat was still up the tree howling.
Drunk and pissed off I put on gloves and a jacket... climbed up the wet tree in the dark (about 20 feet but it felt like 40) fortunately the cat was glad to see me so she didn't go up any further... grabbed (Siamese) cat... attached to shoulder... climbed back down and went to bed... much to neighbors amazement.
Kids don't try this at home!
And you dog lover don't tell me you wouldn't run into a burning house to save your dog.