If you're going to go with that stupid convention, subby, at least get it right -- dog's brother and sister, not son and daughter. But the headline is dumb regardless.

I love dogs. But they are not worth your life.

Swimming in the pacific is like playing russian roullete

I SUBMITTED THIS WITH A BETTER HEADLINE!!
/hard not to.

People who refer to their dogs as "kids" really bother me.

Bad dog! No steak for you!

Wasn't Eureka a show about a town full of geniuses?

ChipNASA: I SUBMITTED THIS WITH A BETTER HEADLINE!!
/hard not to.

Same. :(

This happens several times a year, people dying trying to save a dog that's fallen into water. Meanwhile the dog swims out of the water just fine.

Gunny Highway: People who refer to their dogs as "kids" really bother me.

what if they say "fur kids" or "hairy kids"... is that ok?

/what if it's cats?

There is no dog worth dying for.

/thread
//ya rly
///don't give me the "you've never had a pet you wouldn't understand..." talk, I've had dogs and cats as pets, I repeat, there is no dog worth dying for

Remember people, your dog can swim better than you can, and will also retain his body heat in cold water longer than you will.
If the dog can't get out on his own, you -really- have no business going in there. (In ground pools excepted)

Came here to say it's not worth your life and puppy can swim better than you can, but many people have been able to point this out before I did.

Of course, this is FARK. Stupidity and tunnel vision are celebrated as bootstrappy, here. Anyone who says otherwise doesn't know what they're talking about.

/No plan. No gear. No Problem, apparantly.

Saturday afternoon when the dog chased after a thrown stick and got pulled into the ocean by eight to ten foot waves

Did the owner troll the dog by waiting for the wave wash to recede and throw the stick on the wet sand directly where the next wave would crash?

I hate to say they deserved it but why in the fark would you think you're going to win against 8-10ft waves? And at a Northern California beach at that... (googles).. Yep.. Water temp a frigid 56F.. Which means it's "HOLY fark IT"S COLD" only a foot or two below the surface.

To be fair, it sounds like only the kid went in after the dog. Everyone else went in after a human. Tragic. And stupid.

hdhale: There is no dog worth dying for.

/thread
//ya rly
///don't give me the "you've never had a pet you wouldn't understand..." talk, I've had dogs and cats as pets, I repeat, there is no dog worth dying for

It's JUST A DOG. Let 'em go, because man, it's gone.

hdhale: There is no dog worth dying for.

/thread
//ya rly
///don't give me the "you've never had a pet you wouldn't understand..." talk, I've had dogs and cats as pets, I repeat, there is no dog worth dying for

Well, the world would be pretty boring if we all shared the same opinion. Luckily, we don't.

hdhale: There is no dog worth dying for.

/thread
//ya rly
///don't give me the "you've never had a pet you wouldn't understand..." talk, I've had dogs and cats as pets, I repeat, there is no dog worth dying for

No dog is worth ME dying for. Other people, that depends.

Keep your dog on a farking leash unless you're in a fenced in area. I don't care how well trained it is there are too many things that can kill it if you let it run around out of control.

ChipNASA: hdhale: There is no dog worth dying for.

/thread
//ya rly
///don't give me the "you've never had a pet you wouldn't understand..." talk, I've had dogs and cats as pets, I repeat, there is no dog worth dying for

It's JUST A DOG. Let 'em go, because man, it's gone.

actually... it survived and would have survived anyway.... so... yeah.

What the officer / ranger responding to the emergency may have looked like

I run a sunset cruise on the coast near San Fran. When the weather turns cold this time of year, most of my business comes from no-kill shelters. They load the boat up with cats and dogs in cages. I take them out to sea and then they throw them overboard. There's about a .001% chance that any of them make it back to shore, but it's a chance, so they get to keep their no-kill status.

Sometimes we have a few beers and then race the boat through swimming packs of drowning animals. It's like driving a blender. More fun and cheaper than gassing them all I suppose.

For all those people who say Dogs aren't worth dying for, apparently you guys have never read this:

Jument: To be fair, it sounds like only the kid went in after the dog. Everyone else went in after a human. Tragic. And stupid.

wait..... kids are impulsive? the hell you say!

Could have been worse.

Could have been a manure pit.


Drown in a poo pit.
Linky pops

Carth: Keep your dog on a farking leash unless you're in a fenced in area. I don't care how well trained it is there are too many things that can kill it if you let it run around out of control.

How are you typing from inside that bubble?

LegacyDL: For all those people who say Dogs aren't worth dying for, apparently you guys have never read this:
[blog.schoollibraryjournal.com image 365x600]

never cared you yellow labs

LisaNeedsBraces: Well, the world would be pretty boring if we all shared the same opinion. Luckily, we don't.

Well, I personally don't find tragic deaths like this entertaining. But then, I'm not a sociopath either.

YMMV.

Jument: Tragic. And stupid.

How so? The dog got exactly what it wanted. The dog murdered it's host family, and is getting treated like a victim. The perfect crime...

spentmiles: I run a sunset cruise on the coast near San Fran. When the weather turns cold this time of year, most of my business comes from no-kill shelters. They load the boat up with cats and dogs in cages. I take them out to sea and then they throw them overboard. There's about a .001% chance that any of them make it back to shore, but it's a chance, so they get to keep their no-kill status.

Sometimes we have a few beers and then race the boat through swimming packs of drowning animals. It's like driving a blender. More fun and cheaper than gassing them all I suppose.

Dude,
I love your writing but this....this....I can't tell if I'm amused, horrified or what. You WILL get bites off this one...

styckx: Carth: Keep your dog on a farking leash unless you're in a fenced in area. I don't care how well trained it is there are too many things that can kill it if you let it run around out of control.

How are you typing from inside that bubble?

they may be using this font to help:

Jument: To be fair, it sounds like only the kid went in after the dog. Everyone else went in after a human. Tragic. And stupid.

And the kid made it out but went back in for the dad.

So, while the dog started the chain of events, everyone who died actually went in for a person or two.

BronyMedic: LisaNeedsBraces: Well, the world would be pretty boring if we all shared the same opinion. Luckily, we don't.

Well, I personally don't find tragic deaths like this entertaining. But then, I'm not a sociopath either.

YMMV.

Nice assumption. I was more indicating toward a "variety is the spice of life"-esque angle, but skew it how you will - proves my original point.

Topic title seems to imply that he lost his lover the same time he lost his mother.

C'mon, nearly the whole family died, you didn't have to call anyone a dog-farker.

In reality, hope doesn't float.

/yeah, kinda old.
//

I, too, stand up to the tyranny of dog owners and boldly proclaim that it's not worth risking one's own life to save a dog!

Seriously though, what strawman are we all attacking here? Is there someone on the planet who actually thinks, on full reflection, that this is a worthwhile risk? I'm sure this family did not expect to be in danger of dying when they first went in after the dog.

spentmiles: I run a sunset cruise on the coast near San Fran. When the weather turns cold this time of year, most of my business comes from no-kill shelters. They load the boat up with cats and dogs in cages. I take them out to sea and then they throw them overboard. There's about a .001% chance that any of them make it back to shore, but it's a chance, so they get to keep their no-kill status.

Sometimes we have a few beers and then race the boat through swimming packs of drowning animals. It's like driving a blender. More fun and cheaper than gassing them all I suppose. 



Exceptional Trolling, Sir. I hope you brought a big boat to bring that catch back to shore.

spentmiles: I run a sunset cruise on the coast near San Fran. When the weather turns cold this time of year, most of my business comes from no-kill shelters. They load the boat up with cats and dogs in cages. I take them out to sea and then they throw them overboard. There's about a .001% chance that any of them make it back to shore, but it's a chance, so they get to keep their no-kill status.

Sometimes we have a few beers and then race the boat through swimming packs of drowning animals. It's like driving a blender. More fun and cheaper than gassing them all I suppose.

I betcha spentmiles is some pimple-faces 34 year-old guy who lives with his mother. Girlfriend? Forget about it.

Carth: Keep your dog on a farking leash unless you're in a fenced in area. I don't care how well trained it is there are too many things that can kill it if you let it run around out of control.

The same with kids.

/I totally did that right.

spentmiles: I run a sunset cruise on the coast near San Fran. When the weather turns cold this time of year, most of my business comes from no-kill shelters. They load the boat up with cats and dogs in cages. I take them out to sea and then they throw them overboard. There's about a .001% chance that any of them make it back to shore, but it's a chance, so they get to keep their no-kill status.

Sometimes we have a few beers and then race the boat through swimming packs of drowning animals. It's like driving a blender. More fun and cheaper than gassing them all I suppose.

spentmiles: I run a sunset cruise on the coast near San Fran. When the weather turns cold this time of year, most of my business comes from no-kill shelters. They load the boat up with cats and dogs in cages. I take them out to sea and then they throw them overboard. There's about a .001% chance that any of them make it back to shore, but it's a chance, so they get to keep their no-kill status.

Sometimes we have a few beers and then race the boat through swimming packs of drowning animals. It's like driving a blender. More fun and cheaper than gassing them all I suppose.

Horrifying, but far too obvious... Where is the spentmiles we all love to hate? This is subpar... beneath you. Please work on this... we all miss the REAL spentmiles.

0/10

FTFA: The U.S. Coast Guard said the daughter called police, according to KTVU. The dog managed to make it to safety, the TV station reported.

Do you think she'll keep the dog?

Forget dogs, most humans aren't worth dying for.

Moral of the story:

Never name your dog "Darwin".

hdhale: There is no dog worth dying for.

/thread
//ya rly
///don't give me the "you've never had a pet you wouldn't understand..." talk, I've had dogs and cats as pets, I repeat, there is no dog worth dying for

I'd wager dying wasn't their intent. Would you abandon your pet if there was a 10% chance of death? 1%?

Was the doggy's name Shannon?

HindiDiscoMonster: what if they say "fur kids" or "hairy kids"... is that ok?

No.

HindiDiscoMonster: /what if it's cats?

Same thing applies.

HindiDiscoMonster: spentmiles: I run a sunset cruise on the coast near San Fran. When the weather turns cold this time of year, most of my business comes from no-kill shelters. They load the boat up with cats and dogs in cages. I take them out to sea and then they throw them overboard. There's about a .001% chance that any of them make it back to shore, but it's a chance, so they get to keep their no-kill status.

Sometimes we have a few beers and then race the boat through swimming packs of drowning animals. It's like driving a blender. More fun and cheaper than gassing them all I suppose.

Horrifying, but far too obvious... Where is the spentmiles we all love to hate? This is subpar... beneath you. Please work on this... we all miss the REAL spentmiles.

0/10





spentmiles has done worse.....it's rare but it has been ........

submitted for our approval........

Gunny Highway: People who refer to their dogs as "kids" really bother me.

I used to think of my cats as "kids with fur," then I had real kids and I realized how stupid and self-deluded I was.

People who forgo having children and use pets, which don't actually love you and are incapable of having human emotion, as mortar to fill the hole in their empty lives are sad. Anyone who says otherwise is shouting into the mirror.