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 SecondHandWolf |
Would You Risk Your Own Life to Save Your Dog? |
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Posts: 120 03/03/2009 15:42 |
I've had this conversation with my adult children and my wife, more than once. They've been clear what they would want me to do and I've been
clear what I would do, since I've done it once before. I don't think or believe there is a "right" answer.
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Posts: 170 03/03/2009 15:47 |
Not quite sure how to "vote" as I've done it without questioning the wisdom of the move. I was pretty sure I'd be OK, but had noi way of
being sure. I crawled out on soft ice to pull my Lab out of an ice fisherman's hole she'd slid into. I had no idea of the depth of the water I
crawled over, but there was also someone on shore who I suppose could have pulled me out. It's worth noting I was a lot younger then too.
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Posts: 2220 03/03/2009 16:40 Admin |
I'd love to vote, but my instinctive reaction is that my answer would be driven by circumstances and by other factors. Like many philosophical
questions--which this, ultimately, is--there are many byways and possibilities. I wish that life were so simple that an immediate Yes or No was obvious.
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Posts: 45 03/03/2009 16:48 |
Sitting here, having time to think of various scenarios it becomes difficult to select just one answer. However on two separate occasions, while out hunting
many years ago (when I was younger like Eric) I did react, and without much hesitation. These were not life threatening to me, but not good situations for
either of my dogs. But it was a spontaneous reaction on my part to save / protect them.
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Posts: 1940 03/03/2009 16:48 Registered User |
Kind of hedging on this one also, but I ultimately voted no. We have to remember that we are, despite how attached we get to them, talking about a dog.
We must always remember the rhetorical question-If you leave your wife/girlfriend/significant other, or your dog, in your car trunk for an hour, which one is happy to see you when you open the lid? Still it is a dog and not worth risking a human life for, even though they probably would do it for you. A dead dog is a sad thing, a dead father/mother/daughter/son is a tragedy. Now, if it was a cat, there'd be no doubt. Bye, bye, kitty. gofish
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Posts: 2485 03/03/2009 17:03 Moderatus Muscae |
Cats are resourceful creatures who know how to take care of themselves.
My yellow Lab just wandered in while I was typing, to get a pat on the head and to ask when we were going for our walk in the snowy woods. It's scary how much my wife and I love him, but in a truly grave situation the safety of the human must trump the safety of the pet. The loss of a dog, while sad and even traumatic for its owners, does not have the cascade of consequences that the loss of a human life does. Well, Guapo is licking my hand so that I can't type any more. Gotta go.
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Posts: 1237 03/03/2009 17:52 |
I have a big family dependent on me, so it would be hard to justify.
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Posts: 464 03/03/2009 18:49 |
Gentlemen...you have wandered into my life...I have worked as k9 handler my entire life. In the military and in Law Enforcement and the stories of individual
k9's heroics are many....2 have given their life for me and many others I know would do the same at a seconds notice...in as much as I appreciate the
psychological thoughts of my fellow man contemplating different scenarios in which you would or wouldn't....there are none that exist were I would hesitate
more than a heart beat.
Monty Montana
Your Signature ... I fish via our criminal justice system..."Catch and release"
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Posts: 320 03/03/2009 19:08 |
No. It took a long time to find Dear Wife. No way and I going to take any chance of dying saving our dogs. We love them like crazy, but it cannot compare to
our love for each other. When they die we will weep and mourn as we have always done when our pets pass on.
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Posts: 493 03/03/2009 21:04 |
I'm not sure the question can be adequately, honestly, or knowingly answered in advance.
While snow-shoeing with my Springer Spaniel she decided to cross the stream on the ice instead of on the footbridge with me. She went through the Ice ... I saw her go under and downstream, under the ice," and the next thing I knew, I was airborne, snow-shoes and all. While still in mid-air I saw here pop up and look at me as if to say ... what the hell do you think you are doing, you dope". 
We walked back to my truck ... took about 20 minutes and by the time we got there my clothes were solid caked ice. Point of the story is .... I was recovering from Open Heart Surgery and the walking was part of my exercise routine, and, I knew the stream well from fishing it regularly and knew the water to be not much more than waist deep. Had I have "thought about it" I might not have jumped, at least not without waiting a little longer. Some things you do by instinct, straight out of emotion and not logic. Ken |
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Posts: 992 03/03/2009 22:39 Angry Andy |
No, but I'd be very sad to watch my dog lose his life.
"You can't make new old friends"
 Andy
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Posts: 12 03/03/2009 23:32 |
yes.
she would have for me and I hope I would have for her. Scott |
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Posts: 4 03/03/2009 23:55 |
MontyMontana wrote:For me I couldn't say it any better. I know my wife and grown daughter would want me to think twice but I know they would understand. |
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Posts: 2202 03/04/2009 02:21 |
I ran into this situation last year. My youngest daughter and myself were taking our dog for a walk in the neighborhood when a neighbor's pitbull launched
out of her garage and set upon our dog. I couldn't standby and watch our dog get torn to shreds nor could I let my daughter witness such a horror. So - I
jumped in the middle of them, pulled the pitbull off my dog between bites and literally dropkicked it into a yard. The owner grabbed her dog and gave me a
nasty scowl that said had my 12 year old hadn't been there, she would have given me a verbal assault. I just showed her my hand with the finger that
pointed the wrong way in a nasty fashion. Our dog came out fine - my middle index finger is permantly bent and rather useless from being pinned. It ended my
fishing season for the year. The only solution the doctor has now is to amputate or leave it be - I rather like my finger the way it is. Now we carry a can
of bear spray when we walk the dog - have used it several times. Wonderful stuff.
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Posts: 1794 03/04/2009 10:49 |
Now the REAL question is what to do when you "Gofish"ing with an elderly gentleman (?) who likes dogs and hates cats ? I'd vote for trying to save one of his Leonard rods FIRST and then trying to snag the guy as he drifted by ... assuming, of course, that I didn't have a nice Spotted Dace on the line! With Much (dis) Respect - as usual ! BHBoobie |
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Posts: 466 03/04/2009 15:09 |
First the rod, second his fly box, and then after a shot from "his" flask (which you grabbed as he floated by) check to see if he needed an
help....then check the indicator to see if you snagged (fouled hooked) another "Dace" as this is his recollection of your ability to catch fish.
Just skipping down the lane... Monty Montana
Your Signature ... I fish via our criminal justice system..."Catch and release"
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Posts: 172 03/04/2009 18:35 |
Like the old boy said, The more people I meet, the more I like my dog. So, Hell Yeah I would risk it all for a good dog. I recently lost both of my Dalmatians
due to old age. Jake Blues was 14 years old and Annie Belle Blues was 15 Years old. I would have done ANYTHING for those two dogs.
Several years ago I was told by the vet that Jake Blues needed a major operation that was going to cost big bucks. I thought about this for a few days. I asked my dad what he would do. Spend $2000.00 bucks or put the dog down? He said " That would be one dead dog if it were mine" Any way I spent the money and was glad that I did. About a year later my dad backed his farm truck over his old hound dog. He ended up forking over about $3000.00 to his vet. Life is funny some times. Aaron
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Posts: 1129 03/04/2009 19:48 Deeply Shallow |
Absolutely not! I value human life (especially mine) over an animal's life no matter how attached I am to it.
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upstatetrout |
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Posts: 263 03/04/2009 20:46 |
No!!!
One would have too be nuts. |
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Armchair Angler |
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Posts: 169 03/04/2009 20:47 |
The circumstances would dictate (as was said) ... I would most certainly put myself in danger - knowing the result would be pain, but really risk my
life, like jumping in front of a bus - nope. (3 kids growing up without a dad - no split decisions required.)
Cane - Nice work. Funny the lady gave you a nasty look rather than apologizing - sorry about your finger, but you put it to good use |
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Posts: 398 03/04/2009 22:10 |
If I had time to think about it, I would not die for my dog, but I certainly expect him to die for me.
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