That's not quite a ban, more of an advisory. If dogs were banned it would probably just say no dogs allowed and maybe have like an amount you can be fined or something
They might have other signs banning them, but just like at national parks that say dogs MUST be on leashes, but people take FiFi off her leash to get picture on the cool rock and WHOOPS there she goes flying off in an eagle’s talons about to get dropped to her death, sometimes you also need bonus signs to remind the dog people that the rules were there for a reason, and your dog might die if you ignore it. It sucks, but so many of them really do think their dog is the exception till it gets dead.
I don't know if these parts are still open but back in the 90's when I went to this park, there are spots where there are holes in the ground and you drop down to floor of the gorge. I used to have regular nightmares about it.
There is a famous bridge somewhere in Europe where a bunch of dogs jumped because there was a nest of weasels or something similar that lived underneath it. Maybe something like that? Or just poor barrier placement/visibility?
I think i remember this. There’s also another in Kentucky, I believe it’s more of a railroad bridge crossing but many dogs inexplicably just jump to their deaths. It’s supposedly haunted.
Dog has been trained (or not trained) to jump over gates, fences etc. They dont know theres a drop on the other side of the barrier, only that they can jump to look.
Yup, I actually encouraged my dog to jump and walk on low walls; I had to be ever vigilant about what was on the other side of the wall. We’d also stop at fountains, and she loved to cool off in them, so I had to be vigilant about her accidentally bee-lining off a ledge into ponds.
My dog almost jumped into Niagra falls, not even kidding. If I hadn't had him on his leash he'd have been gone. Went there in January, it's really pretty when everything is frozen over. And there aren't many people there. But the wall of ice along the safety walls/rails completely obscured the view for him and he just went for it for some reason.
I'm guessing a lifetime of things like walls/fences having ground at the same level on either side, and no concept that a road might break that pattern.
To much repetitive training, without real world experience. They train on staged grounds with similar walls & obstacles they are asked to jump over or On, this one looked like one of those, so he did what he always did. If the ball went that way, you can bet he went all in. Hope the dummy recovered
I just trained my dog to jump over the a short fence and I'm realising that the command I used is too close to the one I use when I tell her to jump on top of something. I feel like that could be a mistake.
We have a bridge in Scotland which over 300 dogs have jumped off! Very strange. There was also an incident where a mentally ill man threw his son from it.
Mine would have leaped off the cliff at wizards island lake if he hadn't been tied to me. I don't understand why the fuck this dog was off leash on an overpass. It looked like the dipshit cop was playing fetch or something and threw the fuckin ball off.
Bruno is/was a bomb-sniffing dog, and the ball was thrown toward a suspicious package to cue him to check it out. He veered off to the other side and then jumped.
You calling it "wizards island lake" is bugging the fuck out of me. Unless there's an actual lake called wizards island lake and you're not talking about the lake that surrounds Wizard Island . . .
I watched my 13 lb dachshund leap off a bridge with a 30 ft drop into some water. He thankfully came out of the event unscathed (thanks to the water landing). I was naive, never would’ve thought an animal would do that and now have learned a valuable lesson to not second guess my gut when I think “maybe I should leash him.”
A few years ago, a miniature daschund named Valeria escaped from her owners on Kangaroo Island (I probably don't need to mention this happened in Australia) and the little shit survived for almost 2 years before finally getting captured and returned to her owners. She recieved a clean bill of health and had even out on weight.
That was extraordinary. In the footage when they were setting traps to capture the little bastard, he behaved as though he didn’t want to be found. Seemed as though he was living his best life; running around all day, playing with other animals and clearly eating very well given his weight gain. You would have to think that at anytime during his 2 years on the run he could have approached a farm. He loved it.
I will never forget one time when I was a child hearing frantic barking and looking out my window to find out what was happening only to see two huge dogs sprinting with their tails tucked across my yard. For a second I thought they must be being chased by a mountain lion but then I saw the third dog. It was a dachshund terrorizing the big dogs 😂
I used to work in animal control. Sooo many bad outcomes can be prevented by leashing a dog. Please just leash your dog. For their sake more than anything. Please.
*Buuut I do get that police/working dogs are a whole different thing. I hope they can prevent this from happening again. 😔
I had a dog who decided to jump up on a wall for the first time in his life at an overlook with a dropoff on the other side. Lucky boy got yanked down by his leash instead of slowly hoisted hoping the harness/leash hardware didn't break. If he wasn't leashed we would have been looking for him at the bottom. Animals do weird things sometimes, leashes work so much better than "I trust my dog" at keeping them safe.
That's the point. That dog essentially has single payer healthcare that is paid out by our taxes. If I jumped off a bridge and was air lifted to hospital I would never financially recover and likely wouldn't get all of the procedures the health care providers recommend because they would be denied by insurance (this is a think that really happens, procedures are cancelled because they aren't covered). So yeah, he has better healthcare than most Americans.
And me trying to get more antibiotics from my doctor because a hand infection came back couldn’t get them because I might be a needle user without any track marks. Ended up in the er. Still dealing with it. 6 years now.
To your point re:ambulance rides - an ambulance ride followed my credit report around for years because I never paid them. However, I never received a bill because I’d moved since then and for whatever reason, it was never forwarded.
Upon looking into it, it turns out they never even bothered to bill my insurance (which should’ve covered 100%) so I was under the impression it had been taken care of. It took 5 YEARS and hours of phone calls, and pages of documentation to get that wiped from my credit report. And then it was only wiped from one and still on the other two. 😡
Thank goodness it’s since been resolved, but that should’ve never even happened in the first place.
And that was only 1 of 2 errors on my credit report….
Anyway, you’re right - American healthcare is fucked. The credit system is jacked. Politics is out of control. And we’re meant to be placated with occasional protests and voting.
It's less healthcare in this case amd more asset management. Canine units are expensive. A new bite dog cost around $30k to $50k depending on location and training (this range is based on my last canine unit patient from around the early 2020s-it's been a while since I left the vet med field. It's very likely that the cost has increased). To be fair, I'm not sure of the sniffer dog's cost. I only about bite dog's cost after asking about the level of care they receive.
This is an observation based on my time in vet med working with police pups. For example, root canals and crowns are possible in dogs. The only dogs that I witnessed receiving this very expensive care were canine units. Their teeth are treated as an asset. Fixing the issue is more cost effective than purchasing and training a new dog.
Edit to add #1: The guy in the video may be the handler and not the owner. The difference is that if the guy quits the force the dog goes to a different handler. When police dogs retire the handlers do have the option of adopting them in my experience. This happened with a sniffer dog that was shot multiple times (head wounds that affected his nasal passages and a badly broken front leg). He survived but his injuries were significant enough to medically retire him. His handler was very bonded to him and happily adopted him.
Edit to add #2: Y'all. No where in this comment did I claim to be an expert on this. I am only sharing personal experience from caring for canine units as patients. The information above is based on somewhat brief interactions with local law enforcement that were willing to answer my curiousity questions. I am certainly not an expert on this nor am I associated with law enforcement in any way.
Rather than arguing with me, please share your own experiences and info. This has the potential to be a rad info exchange.
The average American contributes $95,000/year on average and assuming 40 years of working, that is $3.8 million. The fact that Americans don't have universal healthcare like every other developed nation is a travesty and reflection of their societal values or lack thereof.
Agreed. There's a self responsibility assumption for humans in America. That's one of the reasons America doesn't have universal healthcare. I don't agree with it. I'm just adding a perspective.
I adopted my dog when she was 5 months old. She was a dream puppy. Smart, sweet, easily trained. 3 weeks into our beautiful relationship, I, like a complete idiot, had her in my lap while driving down busy road with my windows down. One moment she was there, one moment she was gone.
I heard a loud squeel, followed by tires screetching and horns honking. I pulled over, got out and started running........ there she was. Under a tree. I won't go into the details, but after an emergency trip to the emergency animal hospital, she made it out ok.
We went on to have the most amazing 14 years together.
Edit: will you guys freakin' stop with this empathy?😆. Now you've got me ugly crying down in the basement while my wife and babies are upstairs in bed.
My Dog's name was Gemma. She was my best friend and until our son was born, part of me just figured I'd check myself out once she was no longer with me (that plan has long since been thrown out).
I can't talk about her in real life because I can't keep it together. So it's nice finally sharing something about her with anyone. More pics have been added to the comments below. Please enjoy.
Edit #2: For any of you who are still struggling with the death of a pet, or any loved one, really. The words that always come to my mind, despite making my heart hurt worse, also give me some comfort: "Grief is the price we pay for love." It only hurts so much because the love was so strong. We're lucky to experience that kind of love in our lives.
Gemma is gorgeous and I know she has a wonderful spirit. I don't know how you feel about cats, but please have a cat to ease your heart. Ignore the human. He is there only to hoist his majesty.
This just happened to me with my 4 month old puppy today! My daughter was holding him with her window down, and he lept out of her lap onto the highway (during rush hour). I was in a school zone and going slow, so thankfully (and miraculously) she did not get hit and was completely uninjured. So scary though
Jesus you guys are fucking killing me with this stuff. I'm so sorry that this is still such a raw ache for you. We all cope and morn in our own ways, but I'm with you on the soul dog part. I don't know if I'll ever have another dog, but I suspect I won't. Other people may adopt another shortly after. Either decision is ok! We enter these relationships knowing that it's a short contract, but it doesn't make it any easier when the time comes. The fact that they are forever reliant upon you for their needs only means that they are just children that never grow up. I imagine you had your dog for a large portion of its life, if not the majority of it. How wonderful of a thought it is to know that after you came into their life, they never had to know what life was like without you.
I cried seeing the footage of the dog on the highway. He must have been so confused and scared.
I live in Utah and I recognize the emergency vet they're walking out of at the end. I'm going there later this week to drop off my cat for an oncology appointment. Gonna have to go snuggle all my cats now...
I know! Poor pup, I'm glad he didn't get worse injuries. Most of the comments are griping about taxes but hell, it's my taxpayer money that's being used since I also live in Utah, and I'm so happy this dog was able to get fixed up. Rather it go to this than other crap they're doing.
Big agree, I get being pissed off that a dog is getting better healthcare than humans, but the solution to that is better healthcare for humans... which is absolutely on the table, if they'd try voting blue 😭
I'm happy my tax dollars went to fixing up this pup. Hopefully they changed processes to keep working dogs on leashes, unless their job duties require otherwise. This shouldn't have ever happened, but since it did, yes let's get medical care for the poor innocent pupper!
As a former police K9 handler of two dogs over 15 years I can assure you this handler is an absolute idiot. You never let your dog off leash anywhere there are potential injury hazards.
This is like the lady who's grandkid drowned in a nearby pond while she wasn't paying attention. The mother had another kid and eventually let her watch that one too; just for grandma to forget her in a hot car for a couple hours. When it comes to life and death, you can't be giving negligent people second chances - honest accident or not
Her therapist convinced her to trust the grandma again and let her babysit as a part of the “healing process”. The therapist was banking on grandma having learned her lesson to pay attention to the world around her and care about other living beings.
But if a member of the public were to injure or kill the dog, they'd get charged with assault on an officer and animal cruelty to k9 officer or homicide of an officer. Another cop can leave in locked in a hot car to die and its just an oops.
A parent can leave their child in a hot car and (rightfully) get the book thrown at them. But he leaves his fellow officer and they just replace it?
Sure seems like alot of the laws are just arbitrary rules that cops can choose to enforce by preference of the person committing such act, and they are facing basically zero consequences for doing so and growing more bold by the day.
That’s what I was looking for in the comments, why is he casually letting the dog off leash on what appears to be an overpass/on ramp? And does he throw something at the start to play fetch with him?
Also to people who are willing to do a lotttt of extra work, at least where I am. The brand new rookie isn’t getting it. The guy who’s been with the department forever and is used to crazy overtime? Yep.
Because dogs are dumb as hell sometimes. This is why you don’t keep your window rolled down in your car when traveling with your dog, they jump out of moving cars all the time when there is enough space to.
My German Shepard/chow Sammy jumped out of my dad’s truck window one time when he was taking him on his very first car ride in the neighborhood. The dumb bastard was just so damn excited to spend some time with grandpa and got a little too excited and fell out the window. He didn’t get badly hurt but he had a nice little scar on his chin for the remainder of his life because of it.
My dad’s dog tried to bite an angle grinder while it was running. Nice lil scar on her upper lip near the nose. Shes not allowed in the garage while he’s using it anymore.
I had a dog door installed for our Belgian Shepard and he uses it many times daily. Yesterday, I hear him barking out back. I walk out and he's barking at the sliding glass door. I say use your door and he immediately does. So, I agree.
Our dog is magnificently stupid…except when it comes to things he knows he isn’t supposed to do. Then he becomes a mastermind. Well, in his mind at least, he’s still dumb just remarkably capable of attempting to be sneaky.
He has done the exact same thing now that his “grandma”s house got a dog door installed, complete with actually using it once you mention it somehow…
Ain’t that the truth! My dog is a husky and even though he is the most well behaved he has ever been I do not roll the window all the way down when he is the car, they cannot be trusted
Oh man, as I said in my other comment they can be dumb in the weirdest ways. Because I KNOW your dog is probably smart and sneaky when it comes to other things…and yet…lol
I once had my window open and my dog stepped on my lap, put her head out took in the breeze AND THE LITTLE FUCKER TRIED TO JUMP OUT THE GOD DAMN WINDOW.
WHAT THE FUCK LADY BUG, WHAT THE FUCK.
Anyways.
I never had the window down for my lil dog ever again because jfc
Thinking about the height of the wall and the height of the dog's sight. There is no dog, other than a great dane who would know what is on the other side of that wall.
The dog's curiousity went full commit on that wall. No way they could have known.
I know everyone is commenting about the broken healthcare system for people while this dog got VIP treatment. But I think most of us wouldn’t want less for this dog—we just want affordable access too.
To not give a joke answer, since he’s walking the freeway they likely had it shut down and he was just there killing time with his cruiser blocking the entrance. Police dogs are super high energy, task driven, and spend all day with their officer, so it’s pretty common that they will throw a ball or do some other “job” like look for a hidden item when they aren’t actively working. Probably just didn’t think about it and did what they always do while waiting around.
Doesn’t excuse it obviously, but I’d bet he also doesn’t think it’s excusable. K9 officers are usually super coveted jobs and the vast majority really do treat their dog like a pet.
The way they get a dog to search is to pretend to throw a toy that has the same scent as whatever they're looking for, then the dog goes looking for it. If the dog finds a matching scent, it signals and waits for the handler to give them the toy.
Anyone can get medical evac by chopper. Especially if you go hiking and get injured in the woods or on a mountain. It's definitely going to be expensive as shit though.
As for the dog, taxes will probably pay for it's medical expenses.
The worst part is that Israel could have it's missiles and people could still have healthcare. But then the lobbying health insurance companies would be too upset.
Cop or not, what kind of dipshit motherfucker throws balls for his dog on a fucking freeway overpass?!? Im not even a dog person and this makes my blood boil.
It's part of how they're trained. When they find what they're supposed to find it's a reward. They only get their ball when they complete their job. They go absolutely crazy for those balls.
He probably should have just gently tossed it or rolled it a little and not thrown it.
I love dogs, but a dog gets an emergency medical helicopter response paid for by my tax dollars for a broken leg and me and all my friends can’t get basic healthcare for anything? Weird society.
I presume that’s the point they were making? I don’t think their point was “fuck that dog, it can suffer like my friends and I do”, I would like to hope that it was obviously “why is this right of healthcare not also afforded to human beings?”
For the record, I’m pro human not anti dog. But this is a colloidal misallocation of resources when millions of American citizens are in uninsured or suffering medical debt for getting sick or injured. He couldn’t have just been driven to the hospital?
I’ve seen enough horrible videos of dogs misjudging a jump over short walls and falling great distances that when got a puppy we put 6 foot high fences around our 2nd storey deck and another in the part of the yard that has a 20 foot drop off
Big dummy. I hope hes ok and I am genuinely glad to see the absolute love his handler has for him when he gets down to him. He shpuld be retired from service to live a happy and calm life with that officer.
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u/Lazthedestroyer 1d ago
A real sign in Oregon on a bridge adjacent to a park