Dog Caught By Couple While Fishing

[matcom]

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KEY LARGO, Fla. --Ray Truche Jr. and Lisa Largrassa fished for hours and didn't catch anything -- except a drowning dog. Motoring their 23-foot fishing boat earlier this month on Florida Bay, the two hit something unusual and turned around to check.

"As we came back upon it, I realized it was a little fat dog," said Truche, of Manchester, Mass. "It was having trouble keeping its head above water. Its big eyes were looking at us. It was almost as if it was saying, 'Don't leave me here!'"

The couple leaned over the boat and made their only catch of the day: a 5-year-old cairn terrier named Tigger, The Key West Citizen reported Monday.

Tigger was apparently thrown from Diane and Richard Beckman's boat on their way from Key Largo to Marathon.

The Beckmans searched frantically for 2 1/2 hours with no sign of the dog.

"We went back and forth, back and forth," Diane said. "Finally we just gave up, because we thought he couldn't have survived in the water for that long. I was just heartbroken. "

Since there was no answer at the home listed on Tigger's tag, Truche and Largrassa dropped him off at the Upper Keys Animal Shelter.

Diane was elated when she got home and listened to her messages. She went quickly to pick up Tigger.

"He didn't know me. He was so terrified. As soon as he realized it was me, he jumped in my arms and wouldn't let go," she said.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/10/23/couple_end_up_catching_dog_in_fla_bay?mode=PF

[matcom]

1. .

:kick:

[Bunny]

2. Well, I am totally verklempt.

I love a happy ending!

[mainegreen]

3. FLORIDA! n/t

[El Fuego]

6. But it's a GOOD Florida story.

A happy ending for the poor puppy. :)

[BarenakedLady]

4. That's a sweet story

Poor doggie.

[idgiehkt]

5. another link

Holy shit. Bless his little heart.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15371828/

About 3:30 p.m. they almost hit something unusual bobbing in the water."I looked over at my girlfriend and said, 'What was that?' " Truche said last week from the Boston suburb of Manchester, Mass., where he lives. He turned the boat around and steered toward the unidentified object. "As we came back upon it, I realized it was a little fat dog," Truche said. "It was having trouble keeping its head above water. Its big eyes were looking at us. It was almost as if it was saying, 'Don't leave me here!' " The couple leaned over the boat and made their only catch of the day — a 5-year-old cairn terrier named Tigger. Truche said the wind and waves would have pushed Tigger toward a mangrove patch, but there was no dry land in sight. About 11/2 hours earlier, Diane and Richard Beckman were on their way from Key Largo to Marathon in their 36-foot fishing boat when they realized that their beloved dog was no longer aboard .

[NewWaveChick1981]

7. Yay! A story with some GOOD news...

:bounce: :woohoo:

[Vidar]

8. I like happy endings. Thanks.