Against All Odds: Japanese Dog Found Alive at Sea Three Weeks After Tsunami
- Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:02pm by
Emily Esfahani Smith
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Miraculous: three weeks after an earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan, a dog was found alive at sea by the Japanese Coast Guard. According to The Daily Mail, the dog survived by living in a partially submerged house that was swept to sea.
Rescuers had hoped to find more tsunami survivors living inside the house but after tearing the roof open, it was found to be empty apart from the dog.
Despite its three weeks at sea, the medium-sized brown dog seemed to be in reasonably good condition considering its ordeal.
The discovery of the dog is a rare glimmer of hope in Japan where thousands of people are believed to have perished in the disaster.
The nation is now gripped by the ongoing nuclear threat posed by the unstable Fukushima plant as workers continue to battle to restore vital cooling systems damaged by the quake.
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Comments (104)
TheRealElvis
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:28pmHe was in reasonably good shape? What happened to the two small pigs that were with him?
Report Post »Chilloften
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:28pmTears- cute, strong adorable dog. So awesome if they now find the owner.
Report Post »flagbearer
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:21pmSomeone loved and cared about this dog. I hope he finds a new family soon.
Report Post »piper60
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:20pmWhat the dog’s thinking right now. “Now, if you can just find me some un-radiated food and water, I’ll let you pet me for the next 6 months”. If the apartment complex I live in would allow dogs, I’d fly over there and get that dog.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:43pmI know someone who IS in Japan right now and I am going to see if he CAN bring the little goof home!
Report Post »Radiation poisoning or not….
saigonpaul
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:13pmToo bad this dog does not have a US BIRTH CERTIFICATE, then again what would it matter??
Report Post »Derek
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:13pmHope and a smile.
Report Post »powedj
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:08pmI sure hope they don’t wok that dog.
Report Post »TwoMinuteMan
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:53pmThat warms my heart. Never give up, never surrender.
Report Post »southernORcobra
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:49pmYay!
Report Post »Rob
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:49pmIts a dog… we kill thousands of dogs a week here…. let’s let people eat them and move on. Who cares.. ITS A DOG!
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:51pmIts because of people like you we have to kill thousands of dogs each week
Report Post »suran
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:16pmJerk.
Report Post »crypticmitch86
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:33pmDo the world a favor: Don’t procreate.
Report Post »momsense
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:43pmCannibal ! I’ll take my to shelter dogs over a sick specimen like you any day.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 8:28amRob, one thing you better learn, people love dogs more than people. After reading your response, I can see why. I had to put down my old lab last year. I’d rather spend the rest of my life alone with that wonderful mutt, than most people I know.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 1:37amMomsense—cannibal? LOL
Rob— First of all, it’s a rescue of a living creature, 3 weeks after a nationwide tragedy.
Report Post »Secondly, dogs are awesome. Man’s best friend is no understatement.
Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:45pmWhat a happy ending for this dog. Maybe his family survived and they will be reunited too. I hope so.
Report Post »Dick Blitskreig
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:44pmWho….cares….
sissykatz
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:54pmAre you serious?
Report Post »Rockytop51
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:07pmMany of us care.
Report Post »paulgio
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:00pmAppropriate first name, Mr Blitzkrieg! I assume only your last name is a fake.
Report Post »wolverine
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 7:08amYour a freaking moron
Report Post »burnteye86
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 7:24amDick is an antagonist. You have to skip over his comments. He says things like this on a regular basis. He’s boring.
Report Post »912828Buckeye
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 9:10amDick probably hates kids and old people too.
Report Post »earthrise
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 6:50pmBlimey blits…..
thought i’d make it through the whole first page without some flippant comment like yours. Guess no matter what…. someone Has to wallow in the mud.
Pretty sad……… umm… ever considered running for Congress? Personally I suspect that you’d fit right in…… :P
Report Post »earthrise
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 7:14pmone more thing…..
Kudos unto All of You that have the wherewithall to understand the “point” (if you will) of this story).
Report Post »MUDFLAPS
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 10:21pmPerfect first name there DICK
Report Post »Tampa2701
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 5:11amBy Logan Smith – bio | email
ELGIN, SC (WIS) – A missing 2-year-old boy in Elgin was found Saturday morning after Kershaw County deputies say the family dog kept him warm and safe all night.
Sheriff Jim Matthews said 22-month-old Tyler Jacobson was reunited with his family after he was found across the street behind a neighbor’s home when someone reported hearing crying in the area.
Tyler was reported missing around 8:00pm Friday from a residence on Ashley Creek Drive. Matthews said the boy’s mother, 25-year-old Jacklyn Marie Jacobson, and her boyfriend Jose Gloria told investigators Tyler went to get some juice and didn’t come back.
Kershaw County deputies used a bloodhound tracking team and a SLED helicopter with infrared capabilities, but called the search off around 12:30am Saturday. The search resumed around 7:45am, and the boy was found shortly thereafter. “Just thinking that a dog would watch a baby over the night, it’s kind of like a movie instead of real life,” said Emily DuBose, who lives in the house outside which the baby was found.
DuBose had no idea a story of devotion and survival was playing out right outside her door. “When we saw the choppers last night, we just assumed a criminal was loose, so I locked the door,” said Linda Harr, who also lives at the house. “The last thing I was gonna do is go outside.”
“I heard some barking early in the morning, but I didn’t really think about it, I just heard dogs barking,” said DuBose.
But during the night, Jacobson’s dog was keeping watch over his 22-month-old master in temperatures that got down to the 40s. “I just wish I’d have known, I could have warmed him up, called the cops,” said Harr.
Now, words of praise for the dog who likely helped save little Tyler’s life. “Since he belonged to them, he must have followed them the whole way, so that’s very special,” said Harr.
And so this story has a happy ending, thanks to the special bond of a child’s best friend.
Sheriff Matthews said the family was interviewed Friday night, and again on Saturday. He said the boy’s biological father is in the Army and stationed in Hawaii, and is currently on his way back to Kershaw County.
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:40pmgreat story gives hope for other good things to happen
Report Post »ADNIL
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:34pmThanks! I needed that.
Report Post »Ed Kidon
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:34pmSorry? Japanese Dog? Was the “medium sized brown dog” having sushi? Chopsticks? MMM seems suspect just looked like dog to me.
Report Post »chasbronson
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:32pmUnbelievable!
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:27pmWow, what a heartwarming story in the wake of a disaster. Hopefully it wasn’t staged?
Report Post »ZaphodsPlanet
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:26pmFreaking AWESOME!!
Report Post »dcwu
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:23pmNow in Korea …
Report Post »bitter clinger
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:20pmout of the frying pan into the fire
Report Post »TumbleBumble
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:14pmI know it’s just a dog, but what a happy story. Thanks for the smile. :)
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:31pm@TumbleBumble:
Report Post »“I know it’s just a dog…”
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Nope…not “just a dog”…”man’s best friend!” Made me happy too!
Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:13pmThat dog must have found food, it’s in good shape! Would love to have that dog.
Report Post »randy
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:11pmGood boy :)
Report Post »VermontPatriot
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:11pmThat is just so awesome! That’s a happy little feller right there!
Report Post »terryinlasvegas
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:49pmWhat a great story. A beacon of hope on a sea of misery…
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:10pmAnother neat story that made my day. Love animals.
Report Post »thermonator
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:09pmHow cool is that?
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:10pmPretty amazing! Did you see how healthy he looks. I think he just went on a cruise.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:21pmDogs rule
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banjarmon
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:29pmI bet he learned how to fish.
Report Post »constitutionparty
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:31pmIt is nice to hear a great story with all the things going on on the world. People will be lined up to adopt him.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:40pmGod bless his doggie heart … glad they found him.
Report Post »mill
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:45pmHE LOOKS amazing healthy
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:58pmNot to throw cold water on such a wonderful event…but I wonder if they will test the dog for radiation exposure…you‘d think he’d have to have been drinking the ocean water…hope he does just fine…find a new owner FAR away from the devastated area!
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:58pmThat just warms my heart. I wonder if he was with his owner and the owner could not hold on any longer.The owner will leave the dog but rarely will a dog leave the owner. Great story. Such wonderful creatures. I don’t have children but my husband and I always have dogs and cats and treat them like humans. There is nothing like “unconditional love”.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:05pmAwwwww! Poor little thing! He’s just a little bigger than Bucky and has the same sweet face.
Report Post »pattybbb1
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:10pmThat is awesome cool! Good doggie.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:47pmPerfect example to us all. Never Never Ever Give Up.
Report Post »ottodiedacktick
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 7:48pmMiracles do happen. Incredible. I have a question, was the headline on the main page an April fool’s joke: “POST TSUNAMI, ***. DOG FOUND ALIVE AT SEA” ? ***. DOG?
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 8:53pm.
Let’s see Lassie top that one…….
Hope the dog was not floating near the nuke plant….
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:17pmLittle glimmer of sunshine in all the dark news that has come out of Japan. That is one lucky doggie.
Report Post »waggie
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:21pmI just love a happy ending! Good boy!
Report Post »bulletsinthegun
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 9:51pmJust awesome
Report Post »nosycophant
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:27pmSurvived on sushi.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 10:37pmOld dogs ,children and watermelon wine. So much truth to that song
Report Post »LegionOfOne
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 12:09amDon’t send him back! They’ll eat him!
Report Post »markThatcher
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 4:34amThis is why Dog is God spelled backwards. Kudos to his rescuers.
Report Post »truthwinz
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 8:51amThis is just so inspiring ! I imagine there was food in that partially submerged house he was on, as well as in the debris field he was living among. A survival story for sure! Bless his little doggie heart!
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on April 2, 2011 at 11:08amI have to go back, read and reread that story daily. It actually give me hope for the country. God bless.
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on April 3, 2011 at 1:35amcheezwhiz
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:21pm
Dogs rule
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Cheez, yes they do. I once had a Black Lab that literrally saved my sons life. We lived in SC for almost a decade out in the country. Waaayyyyy out in the country. We had a small 2 acre pond on the lower part of our property filled with Bass and Cats, assorted panfish. One Saturday afternoon my son grabbed his fishing pole and headed down the trail to the pond. The wife and I were busy outside doing yard work and told him that we come and check on him after we were done with our chores. My son was 8 at the time. Our big lovable Lab stayed at the house with us. We finished our chores and started down to the pond and of course with the Dog in tow. The trail we took winds through the woods until you come out just above the western side of the small dam. The total time to walk this is about 4 minutes.
Anyway, as we turned the corner into view of the dam our Dog suddenly took off running towards our son. My son was croutched down about half-way across the dam right at the waters edge, holding his fishing pole between his legs. We watched in horror as our Dog dove at our son at top speed and knocked him over. Our sons fishing pole, hat, and a small container of worms went flying when our Dog tackled him. At that I took off running. I suddenly saw the Dog standing in about 3 inches of water barking wildly at something in the water. As I got closer I saw a huge Water Moccasin swimming straight for the spot where my son had been kneeling. I quickly picked up a fallen tree branch and started beating on the snake as sson as I got to the spot. Meanwhile the Dog kept barking but he refused to move from between the snake and my son. I finally killed the snake and took it home so we could measure properly. Turned out to be a 6 foot 11 inch Water Moccasin, which is big for our area.
Although it was an 12 mile drive to the nearest grocery store, we drove into town that night and bought our Dog the largest steak we could find. You won’t find any Cat doing something like that! Dogs rule!
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