Dog walker rescued from icy lake (From Echo)
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Dog walker rescued from icy lake
7:50am Wednesday 8th February 2012 in Southend
A man was taken to hospital after trying to rescue his dog from a frozen lake.
The man attempted to rescue the dog after it fell through ice on Wallasea Island shortly after 10am this morning.
Firefighters, who have repeated their warnings of the dangers of walking on frozen lakes and rivers, took the man home after he managed to get out the lake.
The dog was not harmed An ambulance crew attended at 10.48am and took him to Southend Hospital to be checked over.
He later returned home.
For the full story see Wednesday's Echo
Comments(23)
PJR121
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2:59pm Tue 7 Feb 12
Surely they should have taken him to a vet? Another poor bit of Echo writing...
upset
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3:12pm Tue 7 Feb 12
PJR121 wrote:Sack the proof reader!!!
"The dog was not harmed An ambulance crew attended at 10.48am and took him to Southend Hospital to be checked over."
Surely they should have taken him to a vet? Another poor bit of Echo writing...
TseTse
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3:46pm Tue 7 Feb 12
upset wrote:Who said he was a poof.......
PJR121 wrote:Sack the proof reader!!!
"The dog was not harmed An ambulance crew attended at 10.48am and took him to Southend Hospital to be checked over."
Surely they should have taken him to a vet? Another poor bit of Echo writing...
Oh! Whoops
mr_happy
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3:51pm Tue 7 Feb 12
Max Impact
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4:18pm Tue 7 Feb 12
pendulum
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5:22pm Tue 7 Feb 12
its only fair
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5:34pm Tue 7 Feb 12
this moron should be billed and have to pay for wasting the emergency services time !! this person is so dumb he shouldnt be allowed to keep a dog .... FOOL !!!
The Cater Wood Creeper
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6:17pm Tue 7 Feb 12
...it's no good, I can't keep a straight face and continue....
perini
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8:47pm Tue 7 Feb 12
APR
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11:15pm Tue 7 Feb 12
Trainman
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11:19pm Tue 7 Feb 12
WHY do people take their dogs to places like this, when asked NOT to venture on to the ice?
alimac69
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12:09pm Wed 8 Feb 12
zaedlo
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12:25pm Wed 8 Feb 12
perini wrote:I agree and then to risk fire fighters lives too, its insane.
So a dog falls through the ice and this idiot of an adult then thinks it'll support his weight - fool!
The Yellow Peril
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12:47pm Wed 8 Feb 12
zaedlo
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4:10pm Wed 8 Feb 12
The Yellow Peril wrote:Well thank you Sherlock, 'dogs can't read' fancy that.
Most dogs don't need to be walked on a lead in a public place but they can't read warning signs and don't know the risks. The reason dogs often survive falling through ice isn't because they're better swimmers, it is because they have big fur coats and stay warmer for longer and therefore have more time to find a way out. People love their dogs as much as they would a child and that is why so many people risk their own lives to rescue their pet - they would do the same in a house fire I am sure. Glad to hear everyone was OK in this case.
There was me thinking dog owners can't read.
Soouthchurch59
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5:23pm Wed 8 Feb 12
Cyberpunk
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11:22pm Wed 8 Feb 12
R85
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12:59pm Thu 9 Feb 12
Soouthchurch59 wrote:WTF, WTF, WTF! So you lower human beings so they’re only worth what an animals worth! Nice, you must be a nice person to have as a friend!
In my opinion, the kind of people who would leave their dog to die because of a bit of cold (still) water, - are the same kind of people that would hesitate if a person were in the same position!
R85
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1:01pm Thu 9 Feb 12
R85
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1:19pm Thu 9 Feb 12
R85 wrote:And I don’t think you can fathom your entire body being plunged into “cold” water as you say! It would be horrific for us – It would be heinously, unimaginably bitter and would suck the life straight out of you! I have absolutely no idea how there are human beings out there that go swimming in ice lakes – for the normal human being it would be literally torturous – even if you don’t die yourself it would probably be the worst and most painful experience of many peoples lives!
Soouthchurch59 wrote: In my opinion, the kind of people who would leave their dog to die because of a bit of cold (still) water, - are the same kind of people that would hesitate if a person were in the same position!WTF, WTF, WTF! So you lower human beings so they’re only worth what an animals worth! Nice, you must be a nice person to have as a friend!
Soouthchurch59
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3:27pm Thu 9 Feb 12
R85 wrote:I would obviously take any incident like this on its own merits, but if it was my dog in the same place and
R85 wrote:And I don’t think you can fathom your entire body being plunged into “cold” water as you say! It would be horrific for us – It would be heinously, unimaginably bitter and would suck the life straight out of you! I have absolutely no idea how there are human beings out there that go swimming in ice lakes – for the normal human being it would be literally torturous – even if you don’t die yourself it would probably be the worst and most painful experience of many peoples lives!
Soouthchurch59 wrote: In my opinion, the kind of people who would leave their dog to die because of a bit of cold (still) water, - are the same kind of people that would hesitate if a person were in the same position!WTF, WTF, WTF! So you lower human beings so they’re only worth what an animals worth! Nice, you must be a nice person to have as a friend!
situation as described and shown, - I would have gone in.
I don't know if that's because I learnt to swim in a river,- or because I've got more respect for my dog than I have *some* people!
Below is a quote from The Serpentine Swimming Club:
"The swimmers of the Serpentine Swimming Club race every Saturday
morning throughout the year, regardless of the weather. If the lake is frozen we break the ice and still swim."
As I said, a bit of cold (still) water!
The Yellow Peril
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10:05am Fri 10 Feb 12
MUSuk1 says...
2:51pm Tue 7 Feb 12