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On another board, one for Labs, a guy posted a photo essay of his recent duck hunting trip and photos of one of his dogs who had cut himself to bits forcing his way through ice to retrieve said dead ducks. He expressed amazement that "ice could cut." I posted a reply that said, essentially, I don't approve of hunting or of sending a dog into ice water to injure himself for a human's hobby. I put it a bit more diplomatically than that, however. So he posts a nasty rant to the effect that I'm an idiot and obviously don't know what "dawgs" are put on this earth to do (he always spells it that way).
I guess I'm just looking for people who understand that some of us have dogs for companionship and to love and pamper and wouldn't dream of forcing them to swim in ice water and cut themselves into bloody rags for our entertainment. I'm surprised the dog didn't get frostbite and you would have been horrified at his injuries. His chest, his legs, his tummy, his face and his neck were all torn to shreds. But he's a Lab, so he's meant to do this, and he "loves" it, according to the reprobate. He loves swimming in ice and chopping himself up? He might love pleasing his human; I'm sure he does. I'll bet he doesn't love freezing and bleeding. But several people agreed with HIM, that of course Labs are meant to do this and a "working" dog is different and blah, blah, blah.
I guess I'm just looking for people who understand that some of us have dogs for companionship and to love and pamper and wouldn't dream of forcing them to swim in ice water and cut themselves into bloody rags for our entertainment. I'm surprised the dog didn't get frostbite and you would have been horrified at his injuries. His chest, his legs, his tummy, his face and his neck were all torn to shreds. But he's a Lab, so he's meant to do this, and he "loves" it, according to the reprobate. He loves swimming in ice and chopping himself up? He might love pleasing his human; I'm sure he does. I'll bet he doesn't love freezing and bleeding. But several people agreed with HIM, that of course Labs are meant to do this and a "working" dog is different and blah, blah, blah.