- Mar 11, 2013
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- Boat Info
- Sara Belle
2005 Weekender 215
- Engines
- Mercruiser 5.0 mpi, Bravo III
So I just scared the shit out of myself about an hour ago.
Wife and are working from home today and we hear a dog crying. We can’t figure out where it’s coming from - then she see’s the dog in the aerated pond on our lake. His head and two paws are on the ice . My wife’s now in full panic mode.
I called my retired neighbor, and luckily he was home. I used an ice fishing sled, some anchor line to tie to the sled. I asked my wife to talk to the dog while I was getting things out of the garage. It had been in there it seemed for a while. By the time I got down to the lake, his paws were off the ice and it was just his head bobbing, and he was trying to support it on the ice. He couldn’t cry anymore and was shivering ferociously.
I walked out as far as I could, with my neighbor holding the anchor line, then got in the sled to inch out toward him. I brought a dock line and made a harness to put around the dog. I got to the edge and was able to get the dock line around one leg and his neck - then - the ice broke. Luckily the ice fishing sled held me up. Got a little wet though. I also had my floatie ice fishing gear on just in case I went completely in.
Thank goodness my neighbor was there. He was able to pull me back onto the ice. No way my 120lb wife would have been able to do that. The sled was buoyant enough but water did get in. Also the dog was trying to climb into the sled which wouldn’t have worked.
Anyway, he’s at our home now. His shivering has subsided. Been really good so my guess is he’s a family dog. We’ll probably take him in to the vet and see if he’s chipped. Of course there’s a collar but with no info on it.
Here’s a pic of the aerated area he was in. We just added the barriers last weekend. Dogs apparently don’t care about that.
Here’s a pic of our new friend.
We have a fire going and I’ll run into town and get him some food. Hopefully we’ll find the owners. There’s been a few dogs missing in the area.
Sorry about the punctuation and spellings, I’m still a little jacked up.
Wife and are working from home today and we hear a dog crying. We can’t figure out where it’s coming from - then she see’s the dog in the aerated pond on our lake. His head and two paws are on the ice . My wife’s now in full panic mode.
I called my retired neighbor, and luckily he was home. I used an ice fishing sled, some anchor line to tie to the sled. I asked my wife to talk to the dog while I was getting things out of the garage. It had been in there it seemed for a while. By the time I got down to the lake, his paws were off the ice and it was just his head bobbing, and he was trying to support it on the ice. He couldn’t cry anymore and was shivering ferociously.
I walked out as far as I could, with my neighbor holding the anchor line, then got in the sled to inch out toward him. I brought a dock line and made a harness to put around the dog. I got to the edge and was able to get the dock line around one leg and his neck - then - the ice broke. Luckily the ice fishing sled held me up. Got a little wet though. I also had my floatie ice fishing gear on just in case I went completely in.
Thank goodness my neighbor was there. He was able to pull me back onto the ice. No way my 120lb wife would have been able to do that. The sled was buoyant enough but water did get in. Also the dog was trying to climb into the sled which wouldn’t have worked.
Anyway, he’s at our home now. His shivering has subsided. Been really good so my guess is he’s a family dog. We’ll probably take him in to the vet and see if he’s chipped. Of course there’s a collar but with no info on it.
Here’s a pic of the aerated area he was in. We just added the barriers last weekend. Dogs apparently don’t care about that.
Here’s a pic of our new friend.
We have a fire going and I’ll run into town and get him some food. Hopefully we’ll find the owners. There’s been a few dogs missing in the area.
Sorry about the punctuation and spellings, I’m still a little jacked up.