Carolk9s Posted January 8, 2003 Posted January 8, 2003 My local paper has a photo, I found the story online but there's no photo! Here's the link to the story http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2003/01/08/headlines/news.txt The photo shows this guy stretched out with a catch pole, he helped the dog out of the icy water. The cop was NOT wearing any protective clothing, just his normal police uniform, did not even have gloves on. He's on the ice himself, this is the kind of thing that warms my heart. Bless this man, Vic Cera Quote
Carolk9s Posted January 8, 2003 Author Posted January 8, 2003 Also, mom or no mom, I would have gone in after my danged dog! I would have tried to do so with some caution but I would have gone after my dog! Quote
Black GSD Posted January 8, 2003 Posted January 8, 2003 That is a nice story. :) Glad it had a happy ending. I know a woman(she was in her early 20s) that went into a river to "save" her dog that she thought was going to drown. The dog survived, She didn't. She drowned trying to save her dog. Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted January 8, 2003 Posted January 8, 2003 HEY! My aunt and uncle and cousins live in Racine! I'd be in there too.... Quote
Carolk9s Posted January 8, 2003 Author Posted January 8, 2003 When Jesse was 16 months old, I took him to a local park. It was late January, 1993. Very cold out and there were minimal people at the park so I took him off leash. He gamboled about enjoying himself immensely. Near the back of the park was a small pond. Before I could react, he ran out the short dock and onto the ice. As he tried to turn and come back, he fell and punched through the thin ice. He could not pull himself up. I was terrified. No one else was within sighting distance. He was not that far out, just a matter of a few feet. Thankfully I was able to kneel down on the step of the dock which was level with the water/ice. I used my forearm to beat at the ice, thankfully it was thin enough to break. Finally, he was able to make his way close enough in order for me to haul him out. HE thought it was great fun at that point, I had to chase him back off the dock. He was soaking wet, it was VERY cold, I rushed him home and dried him off. We had quite a hike to get back to the car, ran the heater full blast on the way home. I was VERY glad I did not have to plunge in myself but you can be sure I would have. An added element, I had had back surgery two months prior to this, had disc L5 removed as it had herniated. I think I was far more stiff and sore than he was! It's like looking back at REALLY stupid things you might have done as a teenager, you wonder how the heck did you ever survive! Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted January 8, 2003 Posted January 8, 2003 Oh Carol that is awful! I'm so glad everything turned out OK! Quote
sixjollydogs Posted January 8, 2003 Posted January 8, 2003 :oops: I think I would have been ashamed if I were the owner. I would not have stood by and watched my dog struggle for 15 minutes. Quote
Bensam Posted January 8, 2003 Posted January 8, 2003 When I started reading the article I was assuming the person was just a child THEN, next paragraph, she is 42! and her Mom stopped her! Time to cut the strings and get a life. Thank goodness for that policeman. Quote
mouseatthebusstop Posted January 9, 2003 Posted January 9, 2003 Bensam napisał(a):When I started reading the article I was assuming the person was just a child THEN, next paragraph, she is 42! and her Mom stopped her!. unbelivable I would think at 42 you would have a mind of your own. I would have tried to do somthing Quote
mcobbin Posted January 9, 2003 Posted January 9, 2003 last winter, we had some pups that were just getting very curious about smelling around the woods when the ponds were freezing. my dad took them along with him while he checked fences to let them out to explore...he takes his dogs to night hunt championships, and so he likes to start training them early. anyway, he had just chopped ice on the pond for the horses, and went up the hill to check another fence. after about 15 minutes of not seeing the pups, our shepherd Matchi came running to him freaking out. he knew something was up, so he trekked back down to the pond following her and there they were, in the middle of the pond all 5 of them paddling furiously. he didn't think twice. next thing i know he's running in the house all wet with ice freezing on his arm hair holding 5 rather large trembling pups. he'd jumped right in...no questions. he was in the water for 10 minutes :o trying to get them all because they kept slipping under the ice. so he kept reacing under the ice and pulling them back to the surface. he could only bring two at a time to the pond bank. so the last one out was in pretty bad shape. it was an all day process to bring them back, since we had to do it slowly to keep them from bloating. we had to use blankets first, then hairdryers, THEN a warm bath, then we put heating pads on them the rest of the day. the last one out didn't make it. by the time we got to the vets, her stomach has bloated so far from gasses in her blood expanding, that they had to lancce her, and she just couldn't take the shock anymore. my dad hunts his dogs, and a lot of people think that men who hunt their dogs just see them as working dogs and don't bother bonding with them. but that day, i realized how close dad was to all of his dogs....he could have died, as that's a 15 foot deep pond. i can't FATHOM someone just waiting and watching, and hoping for a samaritan, as their own dog is dying and scared.......at least there was that cop....he should be commended!! Quote
Carolk9s Posted January 9, 2003 Author Posted January 9, 2003 Hey mcbobbin, way to go to your dad! What he did is awesome! Quote
wildbunch Posted January 9, 2003 Posted January 9, 2003 I would definately jump in to save any of my dogs. Of course I would look around for tools first, 2x4's, sticks anything to help me get back out. But I'm absolutely not going to sit there and sob and just watch my dog drown. I'm so glad the dog made it. Quote
Hobbit Posted January 9, 2003 Posted January 9, 2003 Frozen ponds are something we don't have to worry about, here...normally. Thank goodness, because our dogs LOVE to swim. Good for the police officer! Mc! .... cool dad! :wink: Quote
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