Apparently adventuring naked is not just a Texas thing...

-Blast

So, as a society, we are now air evac'ing tired dogs?

Good lord, no wonder we are trillions of dollars in debt.

I'd rather pay my share to rescue dogs with cut feet than rescue repeatedly dumb people. But that's just me.

And the dog probably didn't ask to go, nor pick the trail.

I read some years back that SAR-dog search teams noticed that search dogs searching loose rarely got cut feet, even in destroyed buildings, but dogs searching on lead frequently did.

Sue

"They are editer desrevs a english spelt and gramma chequer!"


The question I have is "why didn't the couple notice the dog was having foot pad problems earlier and either discontinue the hike or treat him earlier?" They could have saved the dog, themselves and their rescuers a whole lot of grief.

It isn't clear from the rather superficial article, but the chances are the helicopter was involved right from the get go. It is more and more common to use a helo in the initial stages of a search operation.

Once the chopper is on scene, you might as well use it for evacuation. I doubt that any ground team, faced with a dog needing evacuation, would call for helicopter assistance.

Pet rescue is definitely a gray area, but our unit almost always responded - for the training, if nothing else. For years ad years the largest voluntary contribution we ever received for any rescue operation was one where we lifted a stranded doggie from the depths of a mine shaft, which is not a trivial undertaking.

Tripod, thats funny. I bet she loves those walks. You can still take her car camping, I'm sure she'd love to lounge around the campsite.

From the article:




Of course, in some areas of the country, I have read a rather large number of 911 calls are of folks complaining of being ripped off in drug deals gone bad, so this is not so out of ordinary anymore in 2011.

Heck! Even the dog was naked!

Our team also performs animal rescues. Both as a training opportunity and to prevent the owner/others from attempting to perform the rescue, getting into trouble and then we have a potential life threatening situation.

Pete

She seems to like any walk.

"Lounge?" My dog doesn't lounge. We call her "tornado" sometimes ... but her name is Sierra (as in, Sierra Nevada mtns). We would, but lots of times my wife and I car camp only when traveling, not as a dedicated past time. So the questions becomes, what do to with her while we're doing an activity (ie museum, winery, etc)