Divers Rescue Dog From Frozen Lake (Second Dog Dies)

nbc4.tv news ^ | January 6, 2005

[Zacs Mom]

DENVER -- Denver rescue divers saved a dog from drowning in a frozen lake, but were unable to rescue a second dog.

It happened at Houston Lake Park in southwest Denver on Wednesday morning, while the temperature was about zero.

Two dogs were about 200 feet offshore when they fell through the ice.

Two divers broke through the ice and swam out to the dogs.

They were able to get to them and were helped back to shore by fellow divers.

One of the dogs survived, although it was shaking violently from the cold.

The other dog, which was smaller, did not make it, despite the rescuers' efforts.

Authorities said the dogs were not wearing tags.

[Zacs Mom]

[Zacs Mom]

ping

[rabidralph]

Were they ice fishing?

[newgeezer]

Well, how nice that these divers would voluntarily donate their time and expertise.

[Flyer]

I NEVER get to be the one to ping Hot Dog to these threads!

[Hatteras]

brrrrrr.... B-B-B-B-Bump!

[trisham]

Poor baby. I saw the film this morning, and he was shivering so hard it was heartbreaking.

He's really a handsome boy.

[newgeezer]

Were they ice fishing?

D*mn nosy humans won't even let a stray dog get away with a decent suicide.

Well, at least one of them went out with a bang and successfully avoided the indignity of getting put-down at the pound. Maybe the notoriety will help the survivor find a good home now.

[gubamyster]

ping

[Zacs Mom]

I never do either...



I just happened to be looking at the
right spot at the right time one this, I guess

[HairOfTheDog]

Thanks to the heros!

Ping!

[Zacs Mom]

well, if they'd been packin' a chain saw I bet the humans wouldn't have interferred with them

;^)

[RottiBiz]

God bless the divers!

Thank God at least one of them lived, so the divers efforts weren't in vain.

[Bikers4Bush]

That one in the pic is at least part Chow.

[cyclotic]

Not to be cold, but outside of it being a good training exercise for the divers, these superhuman efforts to save animals sort of boggle my mind.

[Zacs Mom]

I believe a lot of folks subscribe to St. Francis Of Assisi's philosophy

[Zacs Mom]

that's what I think, too......I know there are some who dislike chows and that chows have a reputatio, but I have a very big soft spot for them.

[Bikers4Bush]

I have a 3/4 chow and wouldn't trade anything for her.

[Smittie]

If the divers had waited much longer, the dog would've turned into a pupsicle!

[mallardx]

I have a 3/4 chow and she is the best-behaved, mellowest, smartest dog in the world. We also have another dog who digs holes in the yard, barks, jumps over the stockade fence, runs away, and chews on our bannister. Makes our chow look even better!