Man strips to rescue dog from frozen river (From Gazette)
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Man strips to rescue dog from frozen river
9:30am Monday 13th February 2012 in Colchester
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A DOG lover stripped to his pants to rescue his pet from a frozen river.
The man risked his own life to cross the thin ice on the River Stour, Dedham, before falling in.
But he managed to rescue the dog.
His actions have been condemned by firefighters as "extremely dangerous".
See the full story in Tuesday's Gazette.
Comments(25)
Colonel Kurtz
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10:31am Mon 13 Feb 12
The Yellow Peril
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10:40am Mon 13 Feb 12
concernedrefuture
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11:55am Mon 13 Feb 12
wellnow
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2:07pm Mon 13 Feb 12
stevie,essex
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3:27pm Mon 13 Feb 12
wellnow wrote:Or a child?????
it's his life.would you be thought a fool if you tried to rescue him???...
jas1966
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5:15pm Mon 13 Feb 12
6079 Smith W
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6:26pm Mon 13 Feb 12
Colonel Kurtz wrote:By 'Health and safety jobsworth's' (sic), you can only mean the fire fighters whose job it is to risk their own lives to rescue idiots like this. Next time, Colonel, engage brain first, then type.
Hilarious. All the Health and safety jobsworth's are up in arms. I love it
25414nora
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6:30pm Mon 13 Feb 12
californianana
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10:50pm Mon 13 Feb 12
jut1972
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11:25pm Mon 13 Feb 12
(I have both before you start).
Of course the bloke is an idiot, but I bet he was fully aware of the danger and I imagine he would do the same again.
Totallyfootball, if you have a dog, it must be very well trained otherwise you would know occasionally no matter what the best trained animals revert to type and do something stupid. A bit like humans in that respect.
Boris
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12:09am Tue 14 Feb 12
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Britain is full of very bad dog owners, notably the ones who have staffies, rottweilers and similar which could attack children at any time, and quite often do. And yet they take these uncontrollable so-called pets out in public off the lead, ready to ruin the lives of some innocent family.
californianana
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2:08am Tue 14 Feb 12
Feisty CBC
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2:46am Tue 14 Feb 12
Lawford Lass
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9:29am Tue 14 Feb 12
EmmaHills
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12:12pm Tue 14 Feb 12
Boris wrote:Oh there goes Boris again with his small minded attitude!I'd just like to point out that my staffie is four years old and to this day, has still not managed to eat a whole child!
Surely any real dog lover knows that as you approach a frozen lake or river you put your dog on a lead. This man is not a dog lover at all, he is an idiot pure and simple, who stupidly allowed his dog to risk its life as well as his. And as Winston says, someone else is then going to have to rescue him if he falls in. According to the EADT he did fall in but survived, as did his dog, so well done them, but next time they may not be so lucky. . Britain is full of very bad dog owners, notably the ones who have staffies, rottweilers and similar which could attack children at any time, and quite often do. And yet they take these uncontrollable so-called pets out in public off the lead, ready to ruin the lives of some innocent family.
I would also like to point out the Fire Brigade on this occassion, according to the BBC, were not called out..
No.1
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7:49pm Tue 14 Feb 12
ShallowRemarks
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7:53pm Tue 14 Feb 12
jag99
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8:49am Wed 15 Feb 12
As for the fire brigade I'm not sure why their opinion was sought as they weren't involved.
I'd rather have people willing to do something, rather than those who would stand idly by and do nothing... As was the case with the 10 year old boy in 2007 who drowned in a pond whilst two PCSOs looked on claiming H&S prevented them going in to help him!?!
As crazy as the chap with his dog might have been, good on him for having a go, what would you do if someone, or some animal was in trouble ? would you walk on, or help in whatever way you could? (Or would you check your H&S guidelines?!)
Cuthbert
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10:34am Wed 15 Feb 12
Yes, he shouldn't have let it happen, but at least it shows he truly cares for his pet.
Boris
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2:55am Thu 16 Feb 12
californianana wrote:Californianana, if you google "pig puppy clacton" you can read the saga of the lady in Clacton who takes her pet pig for a walk on a lead. One day it was attacked by a large poodle puppy which was not on a lead. The puppy owner was obviously at fault for failing to keep her puppy on a lead, but tried to blame the pig and its owner.
Boris. my friend. even tho we have strict. leash laws there's always some idiot who thinks the law doesn't apply to him and this is where the problems start. it not only protects people it also protects our pets. I. know it sounds funny but I have a friend who walks her cat on a leash instead of letting. him run all over
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Two or three years ago, a friend of mine was walking her small dog on a lead at the Recreation Ground. It was attacked by a much larger dog which was on the loose. When she wrote to the Gazette to demand better controls on dogs, there was a barrage of letters attacking her and asserting the right of everyone to let their dogs run free in public places.
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My sister lives in a village near Colchester and sometimes she has our other sister's dog, a whippet, to stay for a week or two. She takes the whippet for walks on a lead, but has to avoid certain times of day because they are certain to encounter loose dogs which could attack it.
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I could go on, but anyone else could quote similar stories to prove that dogs should be controlled, using muzzles and leads.
Boris
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2:59am Thu 16 Feb 12
EmmaHills wrote:Emma, I'm pleased that your staffie has not yet eaten any whole children. Just the odd arm or leg?
Boris wrote:Oh there goes Boris again with his small minded attitude!I'd just like to point out that my staffie is four years old and to this day, has still not managed to eat a whole child!
Surely any real dog lover knows that as you approach a frozen lake or river you put your dog on a lead. This man is not a dog lover at all, he is an idiot pure and simple, who stupidly allowed his dog to risk its life as well as his. And as Winston says, someone else is then going to have to rescue him if he falls in. According to the EADT he did fall in but survived, as did his dog, so well done them, but next time they may not be so lucky. . Britain is full of very bad dog owners, notably the ones who have staffies, rottweilers and similar which could attack children at any time, and quite often do. And yet they take these uncontrollable so-called pets out in public off the lead, ready to ruin the lives of some innocent family.
I would also like to point out the Fire Brigade on this occassion, according to the BBC, were not called out..
And I never mentioned the fire brigade.
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Anyway, well done you for having a well-brought-up staffie. Not all owners train their dogs as well as you evidently did.
notuagen
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5:42pm Fri 17 Feb 12
Boris
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3:28pm Sat 18 Feb 12
notuagen wrote:Oo-er.
that staffie has still got plenty of time.it's in the blood good one minute then stuffing their faces with kids of any colour the next.
EmmaHills
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2:02pm Tue 21 Feb 12
notuagen wrote:Don't worry yourself about that.. he's trained to just eat people with stereotypical small minded views rather than children and seeing as there's so many of them about, that should keep him full for years to come..
that staffie has still got plenty of time.it's in the blood good one minute then stuffing their faces with kids of any colour the next.
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10:19am Mon 13 Feb 12