Maxi'sMinis
Well-Known Member
For me it would be a very calculated risk. I commute 140 miles a day with all the maniacs on the road, I can say I risk my life daily in my quest to support my family. I have a 18 year old daughter that I wouldn't want to leave without a mother. I wouldn't go blindly into a burning building but I would exhaust every way to get my pet out. I sure wouldn't stand by and wait for the fire department. On several occasions my husband has risked his life to save one of our animals. I was freaking out the whole time knowing what could happen to him. But you know a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do and that is take care of his family. We were careful and thought out a rescue if we had time. The time we were riding on the 4 wheeler and drove up to a roaring creek with our doofy golden running along with us and he just kept going over the edge into a pitch black ditch at the edge of the creek. Hubby jumped off the 4 wheeler and went over the edge after him. They were standing on tree limbs above the raging water. He grabbed the dog that was clinging to the limbs and heeved him back up to me and then climbed back up. MY HERO! He didn't think that they both could have been gone, before he jumped down there! He just thought about his buddy and getting him out before he slipped on in. That dog wouldn't go near a cliff or creek for years after that. I guess having 30+ years rescuing animals, working with veterinarians and, experience does go along way when making descisions on rescues. I know the ones I can save and the ones I can't. I wouldn't risk my life if I new there was no hope for the animal and there are those times when you know there is nothing you can do.
