[freedumb2003]

It may seem crazy to people who don’t have pets, but I 100% guarantee that if I have to choose between the dog and life, I choose the dog.

We humans have a special responsibility that we implicitly accept when we adopt an animal. You should no more leave your dog to die on a mountain than your child.

I am now ready for people to rip into me for equating the two...

[neverbluffer]

I agree with you 100%. I would never leave my dog, never, ever, WON’T do it.....

[beenaround]

I'll never criticize you for your position. I have a GSD, the 6th we've had in the past almost 50 years and I would nevwer abandon her for any reason whatsoever. If it is my choice between MY life and abandoning her to save it or staying with her and trying to save us both I opt for the second choice.

There are no better friends than properly cared for dogs. A dog could live a life of luxury with it's owner, feeding on prime rib and sleeping in a down bed. Should his master lose everything the next day the animal will stay by his side even if he lived under abridge in a cardboard box.

This is the nature of “man's best friend”

[Argus]

I don’t even like to leave my dog home alone when I have to go to my office. I’d sure as hell rather die with him than leave him stranded on a mountain.

BTW, what was this guy doing taking his dog up there in the first place?

Missy belongs to the one who carried her to safety, not the one who abandoned her to die.

[Menehune56]

if I have to choose between the dog and life, I choose the dog.

I'm with you on that. I've always liked this quote sort of on the same subject:

"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die
I want to go where they went."

Will Rogers, 1897-1935

[Paradox]

It may seem crazy to people who don’t have pets,

I have pets, and I don't necessarily agree. I would try just about anything in my power to take the dog with me, or heck, even drag it behind me in something, but if I absolutely had to choose between my life and my dogs, then I would choose my life. But I find it difficult to imagine a case where I would really have to choose like that. I totally understand what the original guy did.. but as soon as humanly possibly, I would have gone back to get the dog.

As another poster said it, he gave up his rights to it when he didn't go back for it, in my opinion.

[strider44]

So you and your child and dog are stuck on a mountain. The dog is injured and a storm is coming. You can rescue yourself and child if you leave the dog behind. Or you stay and all three of you may die. You would deny your child a chance at a full life for a dog? Bull. And if you did you’re a crappy parent. I love my dog but my three sons are 1000x more important. Get some perspective man.

[depenzz]

I have two GSDs , brother and sister and they would have found all three of us there in this situation. My dogs wouldn’t abandon me and I wouldn’t abanson them.

[verga]

It may seem crazy to people who don’t have pets, but I 100% guarantee that if I have to choose between the dog and life, I choose the dog.

For those of us with out children (And some with) they become out surrogate children.

[Cuttnhorse]

No rip from me...I would have found a way to stay with her and survive the storm together. The “owner” doesn’t deserve such a beautiful dog.