Either we both would have come down that mountain, together... or else we both would have stayed right THERE, together.
Posted on 08/18/2012 11:45:21 AM PDT by ColdOne
Washburn and his wife were incredulous at how this dog, tucked into a tiny nook between rocks, could have ended up where it was. The whimpering dog was, as Washburn said, "in awful shape." He was convinced it would have died if left without food or water for much longer. The couple tried to coax the dog up out of the rocks and down the mountain but it was clear the dog was too injured and weak to move.
"We knew we weren't going to be able to get her out by herself," said Washburn. "Her paws were completely raw and her elbows were torn up."
Washburn got together a group of eight volunteers and the group headed back up the mountain that Monday morning. The group found the dog with all of its wounds Washburn had tried to bandage reopened. The rocks around the dog were covered in blood, and the dog was back cowering beneath the surrounding rocks.
The group of eight hikers traveled through a full-blown snowstorm that broke out during their hike. Eventually, after a nine-hour rescue mission, the group successfully managed to bring back the broken and bruised dog in a hiker's oversized backpack.
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That’s disgusting. He left that suffering animal to die, and she was lying there for 8 days, because he didn’t care enough to even go back. He’s willing to do the climb for fun, but not to try to rescue the poor dog which was HIS responsibility?
That little red mini dachsy looks like my little Buck!!! My other one - Oscar is a black & tan!!!
I want just him, me, the same mountain and a PUSH.
How do you find a dog on a mountain? How many days would he have needed to look?
I once needed 3 days to find a dog that got loose, and that was in a small town & he probably was never more than 2 miles from my house.
Either we both would have come down that mountain, together... or else we both would have stayed right THERE, together.
NO one in my FAMILY gets left behind!! My old Jack weighs in at 132 and I wold have found a way to get him out. That old boy loves me and trusts me and I will not betray that trust.
If I could not do it by myself, I would have got down that mountain and rounded up every able bodied dog lover in Hayfork to help me; and there would have been plenty of volunteers.
As for bringing charges against the sunofabitch that left the dog; no, no charges, just a rope and a tree limb.
God will make plenty more lazy, selfish SOBs in this world but God only makes so many loyal companions.
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HE left her there, but a rescue team managed to find her and get her out. It’s not like she was running away. Pure laziness and cruelty.
I am confused about the accusation. Did he tie the dog up so he couldn’t follow? Or hide from him and ditch in some way?
If not, I don’t understand how he “abandoned” him. The dog could follow, and chose not to, right? Was he supposed to catch and carry the dog?
It’s also important to mention that another hiker passed them and heard them talking about “bailing”, but the hiker had no idea that meant they were leaving the dog. They didn’t even ask the hiker for help, which he said he would have provided.
“Either we both would have come down that mountain, together... or else we both would have stayed right THERE, together. “
Sounds like someone in Seattle. In the mountains, that would be a good way to die. Your choice, but dying with your dog isn’t my idea of nobility.
When your dog is old, will you put him down or wait until natural death overtakes him?
Ping.
I hardly know where to start for this one...
The dog owner felt responsible for a younger hiker, yet took along another helpless being. He brought no gear for that helpless creature, apparently neither food and water containers, nor booties to protect her feet.
OK, so it’s time to get the younger hiker down from the mountain and he doubts his ability to take the wounded dog down too. So why not return the next day with gear to do that?
The unfeeling jerk left her to die a painful death. With that kind of stewardship, he is not to expect Missy’s return.
Far as criminal charges, I do think the callous bugger can use the lesson, but the right thing is to ensure he repays every penny he’s cost to recover Missy’s health. Fines and fees to the “justice system” don’t make it right.
If the Washburns or any other of the mntn rescue group want to give her a home, they’ve paid already with their sweat and time, and she can’t have found a better home.
Well said!
I would lie down and DIE with my dog before I walked away and heft him there alone.
If he were dead I would carry him until I fell and could go no more. I would NEVER leave him.
This man is subhuman and there are too many more like him. Cruelty to an animal that has loved and trusted you deserves nothing less than slow, painful death.
Benji is my seventh dog, in nearly sixty years of living. I've already had to do that more than once, thank you.
There's a vast, yawning and (for most folks, at any rate) readily comprehensible difference between someone dying of natural causes, and leaving a loved one to die -- alone and afraid -- in the cold and the wild.
Just to pass along the information, the “younger hiker” was 19.
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