Dogs are not people, does anyone else find it weird how some seem to equate the two?

[Libertas1776]

150. Not to go to far off...

on a tangent....but realistically speaking, I would hope all people would go for the stranger child first and foremost, as tragic experiences have shown time and time again, that the dog seemingly helpless in treading water, usually survives, is able to literally doggy paddle themselves to safety, while their would be rescuer ends up drowning, and their would be rescuer also ends up drowning, and so on, as was the case on the West Coast not too long ago.

In a way, i suppose, that can be a rather macabre example of that dog obsessed society, or really, over-obsessed, as there are plenty of examples when we apply too many human based emotional scenarios to our four legged friends, when the dog would have most likely been okay without frantic intervention as would be warranted with a child who couldn't doggy paddle to safety. The moral of the story, if you cannot swim at all, don't go after the dog, chances are he'll make it.

If you cannot swim and you are with a child, you damn well better make sure you have a floatation device for you and the child. And if there is a child and a dog in the water and you CAN swim, go after the child! Hell, if anything, the dog will try and save the child long before the dog obsessed owner decides to save the child.