The perps. My dogs are too smart to fall for that. They have well-trained humans to feed them bones and treats throughout the day, plus they are very hyperactive. They are family and you do not mess with family.
All I had to do was was two commands and the perps would have been toast.
They only thing that I cannot fix is that one of my girls ALWAYS walks up the stairs backward. She just does not trust anyone walking behind her EVER.
LOL!
WHO was pinned in freezing water - your dogs, or the perps?
I had a cat who would run away from feet walking toward it.
This was an old, adopted rescue cat; a vet told me that the cat was missing teeth in front, and it looked like they had been knocked out.
We always thought the cat had been kicked in the face.
It took many years, but eventually Tillie got over that fear and no longer ran away when we walked toward him.