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Good doggie Ruby!
That trooper was risking his life. He went way out on the ice and he also could have fallen through.
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Humans, = many treat dogs like crap and don't deserve having them.
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Dogs generally know when their human is sick, upset, stressed, or in trouble Well, most of them. Within parameters to their nature.. 50 years observation here... Ruby is a GOOD dog - figured chit out immediately with presumably no training in that direction. You could see the light bulb come on! Trooper done good too. But what was that idiot that fell through the ice doing out there? ( Hey, we couldn't get FJB out there, I suppose?) I have a pair of self-made wood handles with nail inserts that I wear on thong around my neck most times when on ice that even might be questionable. Most all of it. ( OK- if one is standing on 5 feet of sea ice, fishing for shee fish through a 10 inch diameter hole- it's probably pretty safe....  ) The device could help pulli yourself up onto the ice, they say... never had the occasion, myself. Not for lack of inadvertent "close" incidents. Currents, warm springs. beaver workings, ravine run-off.. who knows? I can't count the number of times in the Arctic I've been running across a lake (farther out from shore is generally safer) on the snow machine only to look down and see black water a couple feet way as I passed. Warm springs, probably. Couple times here on the Kenai, too. I never stopped or slowed to investigate...... probably driving too fast ( or fast enough!) with too little fore-thought I've explored over-flow areas hidden under over-coat of fresh snow out on the sea ice a few times too. That salt water ain't all that good for snow machines. I'm luckier than I am smart, but ....whatever works! Mainer, Jeff, and a few others would have their own tales i think. Can't play out where the wild things live without getting your gonads potentially in the wringer, time to time.
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Dogs generally know when their human is sick, upset, or in trouble and are smarter (well...most dogs) than generally given credit for. Ruby is a GOOD dog - figured chit out immediately with presumably no training in that direction. You could see the light bulb come on! Trooper done good too. But what was that idiot that fell through the ice doing out there? ( Hey, we couldn't get FJB out there, I suppose?) I have a pair of self-made wood handles with nail inserts that I wear on thong around my neck most times when on ice that even might be questionable. Most all of it. ( OK- if one is standing on 5 feet of sea ice, fishing for shee fish through a 10 inch diameter hole- it's probably pretty safe.... ) The device could help pulli yourself up onto the ice, they say... never had the occasion, myself. Not for lack of inadvertent "close" incidents. Currents, warm springs. beaver workings, ravine run-off.. who knows? I can't count the number of times in the Arctic I've been running across a lake (farther out from shore is generally safer) on the snow machine only to look down and see black water a couple feet way as I passed. Warm springs, probably. Couple times here on the Kenai, too. I never stopped or slowed to investigate...... probably driving too fast ( or fast enough!) with too little fore-thought I've explored over-flow areas hidden under over-coat of fresh snow out on the sea ice a few times too. That salt water ain't all that good for snow machines. I'm luckier than I am smart, but ....whatever works! Mainer, Jeff, and a few others would have their own tales i think. Can't play out where the wild things live without getting your gonads potentially in the wringer, time to time. You've had a heck of a life.
Ecc 10:2
The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
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q Well, who the heck wants a puma of whatever size bringing them a rope-a -dope? I guess it would depend on demeanor of cat and level of desperation.
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Dogs generally know when their human is sick, upset, or in trouble and are smarter (well...most dogs) than generally given credit for. Ruby is a GOOD dog - figured chit out immediately with presumably no training in that direction. You could see the light bulb come on! Trooper done good too. But what was that idiot that fell through the ice doing out there? ( Hey, we couldn't get FJB out there, I suppose?) I have a pair of self-made wood handles with nail inserts that I wear on thong around my neck most times when on ice that even might be questionable. Most all of it. ( OK- if one is standing on 5 feet of sea ice, fishing for shee fish through a 10 inch diameter hole- it's probably pretty safe.... ) The device could help pulli yourself up onto the ice, they say... never had the occasion, myself. Not for lack of inadvertent "close" incidents. Currents, warm springs. beaver workings, ravine run-off.. who knows? I can't count the number of times in the Arctic I've been running across a lake (farther out from shore is generally safer) on the snow machine only to look down and see black water a couple feet way as I passed. Warm springs, probably. Couple times here on the Kenai, too. I never stopped or slowed to investigate...... probably driving too fast ( or fast enough!) with too little fore-thought I've explored over-flow areas hidden under over-coat of fresh snow out on the sea ice a few times too. That salt water ain't all that good for snow machines. I'm luckier than I am smart, but ....whatever works! Mainer, Jeff, and a few others would have their own tales i think. Can't play out where the wild things live without getting your gonads potentially in the wringer, time to time. You've had a heck of a life. . I'm not quite done being ignorant and stupid, but thanks anyway. . "Adventure" is fugging up or things going south. "Experience" is getting away with it... without probable cause. Try to avoid the former.
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Dogs generally know when their human is sick, upset, or in trouble and are smarter (well...most dogs) than generally given credit for.
Ruby is a GOOD dog - figured chit out immediately with presumably no training in that direction. You could see the light bulb come on!
Trooper done good too.
But what was that idiot that fell through the ice doing out there? ( Hey, we couldn't get FJB out there, I suppose?) He was out walking his dog when the dumba$$ decided to walk around on the lake. They haven't had ice out there very long, it's been a mild winter up until a week ago.
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Thought that looked familiar. I’ve fished there.
It’s unbelievable how many people will just walk out on ice like it’s a sidewalk. I always used a pair of ice fishing picks like las described, hung around my neck. Ice isn’t a safe place to be, it can fail you and kill you.
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I've had a couple of near misses on ice. My wife went to ice rescue courses each year for several years. They were full of good advice and rescue techniques. GD
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