[momtothree]

Very sad. I would like to say that under no circumstances would I jump into a body of water to save one of my dogs but I would be lying.

[Gamecock]

Tragic.

Though most dogs can swim better than the majority of their owners.

[BuckyKat]

I remember something similar to this happening in Lake Michigan when I was a teen. A family was out on the pier in Benton Harbor/St. Joe watching the waves from an approaching storm. A wave swept their dog off the pier, and the guy went in after it. The dog made it back safely. His owner drowned.

[ColdOne]

ping

[EGPWS]

I had a dog owner years ago cuss me out and chastise me for not going after his dog who broke through the ice while we were duck hunting as he stood on shore with me watching his dog scraping the ice to get back on top of it....

Stupid is as stupid does.

[Joe 6-pack]

WOOOF!

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Dogs are very nice. Buy a new one.

[JRandomFreeper]

Love my critters. But they get the lifetime of laying around and eating and sleeping in exchange for certain functions.

Me not dying is one of them.

/johnny

[Pearls Before Swine]

I remember something similar that happened in Massachusetts about ten years ago. A man was walking his doggie near the Mystic River in Medford, when it ran out on the ice and fell through. The man tried to save the dog and drowned, although the dog survived. Sad.

[Momto2]

We used to raise Springer Spaniels and they are *excellent* swimmers.... I'm not surprised to read that the dog survived.. so sad about the man. We do many things out of instinct and I believe our first instinct would be to try to save our beloved dogs!

I'm prejudiced but believe Springer Spaniels are special... George W. had one (as did his mother) - remember the puppies born at the White House? They were Springers! They look at you with those liquid eyes and your heart just melts!

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[Rebelbase]

When I was 11 years old I came a hair away from jumping into the flooded Holiday canal in New Orleans to rescue a dog.

In retrospect it was one of those times that unknown to me God intervened and kept me from doing something insanely stupid.

A minute later the dog managed to climb the bank on the other side and get out.