The session that never was

People:Me and Maggie my staffordshire bull terrier

Duration:10 mins

Tide:HUGE

Weather:sunny

Bait:Was to be rag and sandeel

Rigs:didnt get round to that

Results:One very scared and wet dog not to mention me




Report:Should have been working today but when i got up the rain was lashing down and the forcast was bad so i went back to bed .I woke at 9 and saw the weather had improved and was faced with a dilemma should i head into work or take the day off and get a few hours fishing in . The fishing won out and i headed to the tackle shop in wicklow to pick up some rag.Half an hour later my dog Maggie and i were walking down the lane towads a local beach without a care in the world ,i was out fishing and she was having break from the house what could go wrong .As we walked down onto the beach i could see the tide was very far in and the sea quite rough. Maggie ran on ahead but i was not worried Maggie is quite cautious when it comes to water and she does come fishing with me quite a bit so i didnt thik anything of it. When i got on to the beach i couldnt see her and called her name i saw her on the rocks and she turned to come back but a wave came in and knocked her into the sea.She started to swim back but the tide was taking her away from the rocks and she started to struggle , then a huge wave crahed in and she dissapeared. At this stage i had droopped my gear and had my jacket zipped up to try and keep water out of my waders and i waded in paniking if i would ever see my dog again. With waves crashing around me i managed to get out and manged to grab hold of her and dragged her back in to shore. I was pretty shaken and so was poor Maggie but i was so relived she was ok. Needless to say the fishing was abandoned and we went home where a sit by the fire and a hot meal later she is fine. What a morning and it shows you can never take the sea for granted.

Welldone on braving the rough sea to save your dog,glad all is well!!!!!!


K.C

Well done you for saving your dog. I am sure that Maggie is really grateful!
As a big dog lover myself who owns a dog, I would have done exactly the same thing if that had happened to me despite the risk of putting myself in danger to do so.
I am so glad that the two of you are both o.k, well done

I was glad to get to the end of the story and find out that Maggie is fine,,,,,,,,,,,phew Had to pull my dog out of the canal once,German Shepherd,long coat, weighed a ton Tides are very high at the mo, left it a bit late meself last night

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Alls well that ends well. I am sure maggie will be a little more cautious next time. Staff's by nature are a clever enough dog so she will probably remember the experiance.

I was glad to get to the end of the story and find out that Maggie is fine,,,,,,,,,,,phew Had to pull my dog out of the canal once,German Shepherd,long coat, weighed a ton Tides are very high at the mo, left it a bit late meself last night

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Dave, that picture of your dog is brilliant The life jacket or coat it has on is a great idea! I must get one for mine. Where did you get it?

I will get somthing like that all right Dave great idea, thats if i can get maggie to come fishing again

Fair play for rescueing the dog....At least you saved a blank and got a dog!!!!!

At least you saved a blank and got a dog!!!!!

Good one! Always look on the bright side!

Well done on saving the dog!

Dave, that picture of your dog is brilliant The life jacket or coat it has on is a great idea! I must get one for mine. Where did you get it?

I googled that Kerry, heres the link
http://www.canineconcepts.co.uk/item--D ... ket---dogs

my dog wont come outside the front door this weather,pretends to be asleep when i get the lead .Heres another one i found with a handy grab handle

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And for those warm summer days

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Made of t-shirt fabrics, this two-piece dog bikini is both comfortable and cute. The bikini top fastens with a Velcro strap at the chest, and ties with spaghetti straps around the neck. The low-rise bikini bottom also fastens with Velcro at the waist. Both pieces are fully lined for comfort and durability, and are machine washable / hang dry. Due to sanitary reasons, our dog swimsuits cannot be returned.

And if theres a sad ending

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our shephard and rottie used to just look at us if we threw their ball or stone in the water, almost as if to say 'not a chance mate, im staying on the beach'. well done sod, maggie will be back out consuming live pin whiting in no time

[KERRY1]

Dave, I realised it wasn't your dog in the picture after I put up my post and it was too late then to change it, don't worry about me, I'm having a bad day.
Those attachments you uploaded are good, the bikini is very funny, I might get my dog one for Christmas!!!

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our shephard and rottie used to just look at us if we threw their ball or stone in the water, almost as if to say 'not a chance mate, im staying on the beach'. well done sod, maggie will be back out consuming live pin whiting in no time

the difference is you where trying to do away with your muts bigsod loves his (some say more than his missus ) what happened to your dogs anyway eric

our shephard and rottie used to just look at us if we threw their ball or stone in the water, almost as if to say 'not a chance mate, im staying on the beach'. well done sod, maggie will be back out consuming live pin whiting in no time

the difference is you where trying to do away with your muts bigsod loves his (some say more than his missus ) what happened to your dogs anyway eric

I was showing my missus the dog life jacket and bikini and i hadnt seen Rogers post she has been giving me the evils since think me and the dog may be sleeping in the kenel tonight

fair play sod took guts going into a big sea like that
ONE MAN AND HIS DOG well done

our shephard and rottie used to just look at us if we threw their ball or stone in the water, almost as if to say 'not a chance mate, im staying on the beach'. well done sod, maggie will be back out consuming live pin whiting in no time

the difference is you where trying to do away with your muts bigsod loves his (some say more than his missus ) what happened to your dogs anyway eric

kidney failure and the big c

i know what its like sod i had my tiny yorkshire terrier jump off the top of kilmicheal down about 30 ft luckey she hit the water came home after told the wife she just said i have that effect on people as im a lover of nature what happened to the poor ragworm you were supposed to bring fishing

i know what its like sod i had my tiny yorkshire terrier jump off the top of kilmicheal down about 30 ft luckey she hit the water came home after told the wife she just said i have that effect on people as im a lover of nature what happened to the poor ragworm you were supposed to bring fishing

I gave them to ShaneH i was in his house earlier collecting a rod bag and he said he may be getting out in the next day or to so i gave them to him.

our shephard and rottie used to just look at us if we threw their ball or stone in the water, almost as if to say 'not a chance mate, im staying on the beach'. well done sod, maggie will be back out consuming live pin whiting in no time

the difference is you where trying to do away with your muts bigsod loves his (some say more than his missus ) what happened to your dogs anyway eric

kidney failure and the big c

was that before or after the curry sauce