Duke the St. Bernard's long night on pond ends in rescue, reunion

The Billings Gazette (Montana) ^ | March 7, 2009 | Casey Riffe

[EveningStar]

It was a long, cold night for Duke, a 16-month-old St. Bernard who froze to the ice on a pond at the Peter Yegen Jr. Golf Club.

[EveningStar]

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[robomatik]

aww! cute little poochie!

[EveningStar]

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[sheikdetailfeather]

So glad the poor dog was rescued! What a lot of heroes!

[RichInOC]

Okay, I had a mental image of him with his tongue stuck to the ice, not the other end.

[Defiant]

I had a mental image of him with his tongue stuck to the ice, not the other end.

But the other way is a good way to meet chicks.

[GinaLolaB]

What a nice story. Thank God for a happy ending for this beautiful doggy.

[hellbender]

Did the human who rescued him have a little jug of brandy fastened around his neck?

[Spatha]

Good for Lil Duke!
Good story too...

[Peace4EarthNow]

Doggie ping!!!

[lonestar]

Toooooo cute!

[Shadowstrike]

Poor baby. Thank God for a happy ending.

[divine_moment_of_facts]

Rescue Me Red!

[fleagle]

Did the human who rescued him have a little jug of brandy fastened around his neck?

Ha, I would most certainly hope so. And the little brandy jug would have a few XXXs on it as well.

[Ditter]

Some Canadian friends told us that their cat, after wrestling with their dog in the yard, became frozen to the ground. Dog slobber in the cats fur was the culprit. They had to chisel the cat loose. Speaking as a south Texan I can't even imagine how cold it would have to be to do that.

[Abathar]

Well, I’ve been out when it’s cold enough that if you spit on an upward angle it bounces and cracks when it hits.

We call it “painful cold”.

[patton]

No chisel - use cold water.

[Ditter]

That may be what they told me but it has been about 30 years since they told me the story. They live in Alabama now.

[Ditter]

We were in Alberta hunting deer and they told us there was hoar frost. It was sparkling in the air, is that cold enough to freeze spit? If yes, then I guess it was cold enough to freeze a wet cat to the ground. Yikes. at least I was dressed warm enough not like the time I went out in my south Texas hunting clothes.