Koh Samet: Missing dog rescue after being found swimming in the middle of the sea!

 

Image: Daily News

 

Rescue personnel were called yesterday after reports from a ferry that a black dog was swimming 500 meters offshore between Koh Samet and Ban Phe on the mainland. 

 

Using a lasso Bamrung jumped into the sea and managed to save the dog and with the help of others on the vessel got him aboard.

 

Not surprisingly the dog was quiet after his exertions but was otherwise uninjured. 

 

An appeal then began online to find the owner. 

 

 

Jankaew, 43, responded saying she'd like to see the dog.

 

She was delighted to discover that it was Theng Thong (Gold Bar) who had been missing from her place for four days.

 

She is a coffee seller in the market in Ban Phe and lives one kilometer from the coast so it was a bit of a mystery how her dog had gone down to the sea. 

 

She reckoned he might have been chased into the sea by other mutts. 

 

She was delighted to have him back and thanked the local rescue personnel for their efforts.

 

Source: Daily News

 

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1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

 

She was delighted to discover that it was Theng Thong (Gold Bar) who had been missing from her place for four days.

 

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

dog was swimming 500 meters offshore

Now called Fido Spitz ..

1 minute ago, Justgrazing said:

Now called Fido Spitz ..

Probably due to all the water swallowed.

4 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Probably due to all the water swallowed.

If he was golden I could get with the name but he looks more black to me and given how dogs always got their bits on show I'd have called him black ball .. 

Good story for a change.

6 hours ago, rooster59 said:

She was delighted to discover that it was Theng Thong (Gold Bar) who had been missing from her place for four days.

glad it had an happy ending

14 hours ago, Postmaster said:

Good story for a change.

What's good about saving another wild dog to add to the packs roaming Thailand?  

I say wild as the owner has no idea it was roaming; no idea who it had knocked off their motor bike; where it had defecated; which child it had bitten; what infections it had if chased by other wild dogs.  The problems will continue until all owners are made responsible for damage caused by them allowing their 'pets' to roam free.

Well the dog came off better than the last story I read of a body being pulled from the sea.

16 hours ago, Mavideol said:

glad it had an happy ending

It went for a swim, not a massage.

These black Labradors love to swim, seen them swim for 45 min without a break, was with the owner who took a rest at a buoy but the dog kept swimming around. One of our local fishing boats rescued a dog  swimming 3 klm from shore !

So nice somebody even takes the effort to jump in the sea and rescue this dog.