Dog 'Lifeguard' Rescues Pup: Sweet or Shameful? [VIDEO]

04/12/2012

Exploitation? Watch and decide for yourself!

A seemingly sweet video featuring a dog whose motherly instincts kick-in when her pup struggles to stay afloat in a swimming pool has stirred up quite a bit of controversy this week, as viewers are questioning how the pup ended up in the pool in the first place. At first glance of the video, its easy for your heart to melt as you watch the obviously distressed mother dog creatively figure out how to get her pup out of the pool.  

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However, upon watching it the second time around --  it becomes apparent that this video was staged at the expense of the poor dogs. For instance:

1) There is an obvious big splash in the center of the pool when the pup is first seen struggling. Why the splash? The pup was likely thrown in the pool. Shameful.

2) Why are people laughing like idiots in the background?  Shameful.

3) Why is someone taping the incident, instead of helping the pup? Shameful.

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What do you think about this video? 

 

Comments

[Travel]

Great video! I love it!

[Gayle Gonzales]

SHAMEFUL!Have the police been called?

[Bobbi Miller]

Obviously rehearsed and coached -
SHAME ON YOU!!!

[jessieb]

You can hear someone yell "not in the water!" So its obvious they threw the poor pup in, shame on them....but glad the mother dog reacted right away, now if only she had taken out whoever threw her puppy in the pool!

[melissa]

I think someone put that puppy in that situation to get the mother dog to react and make a good video for them to post on youtube ! You can hear at the fisrt of the video a woman telling the dog to go get her and the said that dogs name and giggled. Thats just crule to put both dogs through that stress

[kayla]

Shameful. Whoever put this video up are idiots. I can't beleive they think its funny when that pup could have drowned. Pathetic.

[Jac]

Oh please. People do the same thing with their own children on America's funniest videos. Quit looking to be so mean to each other. It's obvious to me the dogs are obviously not abused or neglected. Quit being so self righteous.

[Farid Ahmed]

Great! Greater than men.

[M.J. Greenlaw]

Should have thrown their own kid in and see hoe long it takes their stupid parents to jump in!Watch out stupid people everywhere!

[Ronna]

@Jac. America's Funniest Videos?? So you think it's okay to throw your kid in the pool when they are scared or don't know how to swim yet? So how about I throw your baby in the pool let it flap around a little bit and struggle to try and get out and THEN you can jump in after it. Feel good? That would be funny right? Some people are idiots and shouldn't be allowed to have pets (or kids). I'm sure the family or kids would have saved the little puppy if the dog didn't jump in but still to put those dogs through the stress is really heartless.

[Carol Branciforte]

The first time i saw a video of this all i saw was a mother jumping in to save her pup which look like the puppy accidentally fell in didn't see a slash and no voices in the back round, But now i see the whole video someone threw that puppy in the pool and i hear their voices in the back round....Shame on you for doing this your endangering the welfare of an animal on video.....I hope the police were called on you.....

[Rosanne Makowski]

I AGREE!!!
THIS IS SHAMEFUL. HOW CAN THOSE ROTTEN KIDS DO THAT - WHAT IF THE MOTHER DOG COULDN"T RESCUE HER PUP. BUT THANKFUL SHE COULD AND DID. LOSEY KIDS WITH NOTHING TO DO. SHAME ON THE PARENTS OF THOSE DELINQUENTS.

[lisa tuller]

did some call the cops? i hope so. only a very sick minded person would lol at this. the question is why?????

[lisa tuller]

why????? did someone really do this to get others to lol.???? sick people!!!!!! i do hope the cops were called!!!!!! animal abuse is N E V E R funny.

[jas]

i have to say, it's great to see relationships, and the actions that animals have with one another, when they happen naturally. however, things like this should not be staged! what a horrible thing to do at the animals cost. who are these kids parents? because seriously, they are doing something wrong.

[nanda]

simplemente vergonzoso y todo por lograr grabar un video q verguenza me da esa gente inescrupulosa, yo adoro a mi pequeña perlita y jamas haria nada para arriesgar su vida .....

[phyllis.dahm]

I have had rescue animals my whole life I've seen alot of sick adults and children.It is heart breaking that humans instill this behavior into children. Pets love us with unconditional terms and we humans, due to ignorance and improper training, betray that trust by abusing pets for the sake of bullying or for entertainment. God help the human race.

[Beverly]

After reading the article, I refuse to watch the video. I'm not giving the makers the pleasure of another "hit" at the puppy's expense.

[Hannah]

Ok, in their defense they look like duck tolling retrievers, known swimmers, and the pup is perfectly capable of swimming. It could be they were trying to train the dog and mom kept pulling him back out of the pool, which was pretty funny. Plus, he kept his head above water the entire time. No danger for either dog

[anna]

Thank goodness the mother was able to resued her pup. Those kids are just cruel to think this is funny. I hope they get a good beat-down!

[Katlin]

The pup was obviously thrown in the water, I'd call that animal abuse to both dogs. Momma dog sure didn't like it as far away as she took the puppy from the pool. Those kids need to be thrown in...let's see if momma dog cares!

[Jennifer]

This is obvious abuse. If you threw a child, who could barely swim, in the pool and video taped the a mother frantically trying to save her child as you laughed you would be arrested, which is exactly what should happen here.

[virginia da costa]

no pienso mirar el video, me da asco la gente que no tiene humanidad ni etica.

[Di <3]

This is horrible and an insult to all us animal lovers. It is not nor ever will be funny or amusing to watch a mother in any form fear for her child. Obviously selfish ignorant childs play. Disgusting.

[carla jeske]

Animal cruelty is all I have to say. These sick humans that get their kicks out of seeing a poor mother dog struggle to save her baby as people stand by and watch. I am sick of these evil people out there abusing animals!!!