Recently, there was a very disturbing news article about a man who brought his dog to a beach in California. Their day ended tragically, and it really drives home why your dog needs a life jacket whenever they will be near water. Whether you take your dog on a boat, to the beach, lake, or swimming pool, a life jacket is an important safety tool for dogs.
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| My dog Icy in her Outward Hound life jacket |
The tragic incident I'm talking about occurred at San Francisco's Ocean Beach, one of California's most treacherous beaches.
A 59 year old man took his dog to Ocean Beach, and the dog went into the water, and was not wearing a life jacket. At some point, for some reason the man thought his dog was in distress in the ocean. He bounded into the water, fully clothed, apparently to rescue his dog.
While in the water, the man suddenly collapsed, for unknown reasons. Two women were able to pull him of the water and call 911. The man received CPR from First Responders, and shortly after San Francisco Emergency Responders transported him to the hospital in critical condition. Sadly, he did not survive.
His dog eventually made it out of the water by himself uninjured. If his dog was wearing a life jacket, perhaps the man would never have ventured into the water and might have survived. Who knows what the condition of this man's health was, but I can't help thinking that even if his collapse was eminent it may have happened under different conditions, in a place where emergency medical help could have saved him.
People assume that every dog is a born swimmer, but that is not the case. Thousands of dogs drown every year. With an unexpected twist, in this particular incident it was the owner that died because he believed his dog was in distress and tried to save him.
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| Me and Icy at a local beach park |
There are many reasons why dogs drown, but one of them is exhaustion. They're trying to swim to safety, they tire out and just can't swim anymore. A life jacket can keep your dog safe in the water and could save your dog from drowning.
A life jacket for dogs is not about fashion, it's about dog safety. As this tragic story shows, if could even be about safety for the owner as well as the dog! Friends please, if your dog will be around water, have a life jacket for them and stay safe!
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