Hero Dog Saves Puppy From Drowning

Published April 11, 2012

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A hero dog saves a puppy from drowning in a pool in the viral video below. Yet, some viewers raise question as to why the heroic actions were needed.

Move over Superman, there’s a new hero in town!

Watch in the Petsami video below as the hero dog saves a puppy from potentially drowning in a swimming pool.

Seeing her helpless pup in distress, the dog jumps into the pool and, using her nose, tries to lift the puppy out of the pool. When that fails, however, she runs out of the pool, ultimately lifting up and dragging her pup to safety.

While many are praising the Golden Retriever as a hero, there are also people condemning those filming the video for failing to take action to save the puppy—which may have been much quicker than having the mother dog save her pup.

Comments on the video raise the question of whether the puppy was in fact thrown into the water at the start of the video in order to set up footage of our hero dog. Such an act could severely traumatize the puppy, not to mention, place a damper on the seemingly heartwarming nature of the video.

The divide amongst viewers is clearly illustrated through the top comments on YouTube as the top ranked comment notes how the video borders on animal cruelty, while the next highly rater comment deems any calls of animal cruelty unwarranted.

Regardless of the motives behind the video, however, it is clear that this Golden Retriever exhibited fierce courage and natural retriever intelligence in her quick actions to save the pup. The fact that she is a hero is not even debatable.

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What do you think about the video? Do you find it adorable or does the filming of the video disturb you? Is there any doubt that the Golden Retriever is a hero? Share your thoughts in a comment below.
 
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Comments (35)

Anonymous (Unverified)
The Mother dog is doing what any mother would do,save her child,but I think that the owners threw the pup in the pool,animal cruelty !!!!
Dave M (Unverified)
Something unethical may indeed have been used to set-up this video however, the video did show a very resourceful dog being able to figure out on his/ her own that the first way was not working and then figured out that not only getting out of the pool but, by pulling the puppy well away from the pool, showed THOUGHT on the part of the dog!
Anonymous (Unverified)
Your so ignorant .... Are you that cruel your not gonna help the puppy. You don't deserve those to dogs. Imagine if that was you in the water not knowing what's going on asking for help and people just stand around and watching you swim for your life.
Anonymous (Unverified)
IF the pup was put in the water for filming purposes ,the people WHO put it in should go into the water also , hands tied behind their back , feet tied to a few concrete blocks ,have a nice day !!!
Anonymous (Unverified)
Disturbing!. They should have their dogs taken away. What an idiot!.
Anonymous (Unverified)
The puppy is obviously not drowning. It was however having difficulty getting out of the pool. I didn't see its head go underwater so I think that it was ok. If it had gone on any longer and nobody helped it I would question the owners actions. Nobody knows for a fact if it was thrown in or not at least none of them actually died or anything.
Anonymous (Unverified)
I think that they must have thrown the puppy in the water. That sucks.