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I have just seen on the news an item about a couple who drowned in Ayeshire yesterday. The dog jumped into the river and started to drowned so the owner, a man in his 20-30s and a strong swimmer jumped in to save the dog and also began to drown so his distraught partner jumped in too to help, leaving her 7 month old baby on the bank in her pram.
Tragically, the man died and was pulled from the river today and the woman was pulled out alive but died later in hospital.
A child is an orphan for the sake of a dogs life!
I am a pet lover. I have 2 dogs myself but when will the lessons be learnt about jumping into rivers after them? Animals have a better survival instinct than us clumsy humans so why do people do it time and time again.
My heart bleeds for little Ellis who will never know her parents.
…. but what happened to the dog, did it drown or survive, and if it survived is it in the dogs home? :shock: Must admit, I’m an animal lover but I do worry about the mental state of folk who jump in rivers after pets leaving babies unattended in a pram on a bank. :shock:
The dog drowned too.
I have to admit I almost jumped in a river once after my dog when he got tangled up in some weeds and looked like he was drowning. People form strong bonds with their pets, and your natural instinct can take over and common sense can go out of the window, as it seems to have done for these two people leaving behind an orphan. So sad.
@jen_jen wrote:
The dog drowned too.
I have to admit I almost jumped in a river once after my dog when he got tangled up in some weeds and looked like he was drowning. People form strong bonds with their pets, and your natural instinct can take over and common sense can go out of the window, as it seems to have done for these two people leaving behind an orphan. So sad.
I see what you mean, but you wouldn’t have left your baby in a pram unattended to try and save the dog surely?
@catmanblue wrote:
@jen_jen wrote:
The dog drowned too.
I have to admit I almost jumped in a river once after my dog when he got tangled up in some weeds and looked like he was drowning. People form strong bonds with their pets, and your natural instinct can take over and common sense can go out of the window, as it seems to have done for these two people leaving behind an orphan. So sad.
I see what you mean, but you wouldn’t have left your baby in a pram unattended to try and save the dog surely?
Not me, but don’t forget she was going in after her husband who had got into difficulties, as well as the dog. When things like that happen I guess you can lose your reasoning a little, she probably saw hubby and dog in immediate danger, whilst her child in the pram was “safe”….like I said, common sense can go out of the window.
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