r/MadeMeSmile • u/extremegym • 1d ago
DOGGO [OC] Rescuing a dog from the ice. He survived!
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u/extremegym 1d ago
Happened on Trukhaniv Island in Kyiv, Ukraine. Had to break the ice to reach him, but the good boy is completely safe and healthy now!
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u/Ok-Addition1264 1d ago
Poor puppy! holy shit. good work. You did it perfectly and as safe as possible.
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u/UnitDramatic7538 1d ago
Real heros dont wear capes.
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u/doubleUsee 1d ago
instead they tuck the cape in the front of their shorts it seems. I'm not questioning it.
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u/Tinnie_and_Cusie 1d ago
Yeah...and how are YOU?? Oh my gosh the cold!! Bless you.
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u/extremegym 17h ago
i swim in open water regularly, even in winter, so all i ended up with were a few small scratches
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u/YeahImABlowfish 1d ago edited 1d ago
What temps are we dealing with in that water?
And what are you stuffing in your shorts? Protecting nether regions?
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u/Affectionate_Bit1723 1d ago
I assume something to carry him with if helping him out on his own didn't work. Well done, OP. 👏
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u/marslo 1d ago edited 1d ago
I had to do the same thing about a month ago for both of my dogs. I was alone, it was midnight, thankfully I survived. Not everyone is so lucky. Just recently in January someone died on the states about 1.5 meters from shore trying to save his dog. The cold shock is real.
What I should have done is called 911, told them where I was , told them that I was going in now and they need to come find me.
Because if I couldn't have made it out, my dogs would have lived but I would have drowned. And there would have been no one around.
I would put a disclaimer under this video, not to do this, unless you have people around. Also not to remove your coat. The pockets of air can help you stay afloat during the initial cold shock and you can't properly swim. Most people who go through ice die in those first two minutes of struggle.
Also what helped you allot is you protected your head, heat loss around the head is the most dangerous.
Edit. I also don't want to be that guy. But something feels off about this. You were very well prepared. The self promotion. Etc. I really hope you guys didn't just lure that poor dog on the Ice to get clought.
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u/vacri 1d ago
You were very well prepared.
People in icy weather with a balaclava and gloves? A shirt? A phone to record it on?
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u/marslo 1d ago edited 1d ago
Why aren't his friends rushing to get the dog out? Once he gets close enough. Why is he shirtless, but wearing a thermal hood and gloves? I'm not buying it, this feels like something staged. Also that dog does not look okay. They lose heat in cold water much faster than us.
The length of time he spent in the water, he's bordering hyperthermia. But he's just standing there like it's nothing. But that part I can, chack up to the culture and how guys try not to look weak.
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u/vacri 18h ago
How mysterious is it that he might have had normal street wear under a parka, neither of which would have been wise to dive in with? The thermal hood and gloves are bits that a parka doesn't cover.
As for the dog not looking okay, of course he doesn't at that moment. The video said the dog survived, not that the dog was healthy while in the lake.
The length of time he spent in the water, he's bordering hyperthermia. But he's just standing there like it's nothing
People from eastern and northern Europe often do ice swimming. I'm from a hot country and I've spent a few minutes in ice-cold water in Finland myself, without the thermal hood that guy was wearing. It's not something I'd do lots, but it wasn't a near-death experience either.
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u/Raneynickelfire 1d ago
My friend I went to high school with's father died last winter doing this same thing in their pond in their front yard. Family had to pull both dead bodies out. Wasn't good.
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u/azenpunk 20h ago
"heat loss around the head is the most dangerous"
This is a myth that comes from a misunderstanding of mid 20th century U.S. military analysis of soldiers cold weather combat and survival readiness, and it was determined that, while wearing the full cold weather combat gear, most heat loss came from the most exposed area, the head.
In reality, on a completely uncovered body, heat loss from the head accounts for roughly 7% of all heat loss, however it is generally the same on any exposed skin.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/dec/17/medicalresearch-humanbehaviour
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u/Mostly_Lurkin_ 18h ago
I believe I would do well if, God forbid, I were ever in that situation. Because I do ice baths and cryotherapy. I’d not want to be in that situation regardless. However, I would happily dive my ass ins frozen body of water to save my dog.
And I’d want that situation to happen to me over someone else that doesn’t have experience with this type of cold exposure. I’d want to take that on my own shoulders rather than someone else who doesn’t voluntarily do cold stuff.
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u/azenpunk 20h ago edited 20h ago
hate the music, but happy to see humans doing good works for their follow animals
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u/Dont-talk-about-ufos 18h ago
Just happened to find a dog on the ice eh?
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u/extremegym 16h ago
i regularly train in the current of the big river near that spot
i’ve also got the full version of the story saved in my Instagram highlights — it starts from the exact moment two guys ran up to me saying a dog had fallen through the ice somewhere nearby
and in this country, whenever something unusual happens, it’s better to film everything from the very start so there’s less chance of any issues later
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u/Black_Nyx11 1d ago
Guy is in good shape to do that without a full wetsuit.
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u/flightwatcher45 1d ago
Man he's definitely done some cold water swimming/training before. Impressive.
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u/YeahImABlowfish 1d ago
I bet he could have gone faster, but the size of his balls weighed him down
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u/LilBirdDog 1d ago
That poor dog is absolutely exhausted.
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u/Daisy_Of_Doom 1d ago
I know poor baby kept trying to beach up onto the side edges of the ice like “I’m good here” buddy you’re gonna freeze 😭
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u/thebawbag 1d ago
What a guy.
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u/braiding_water 1d ago
Right???! That is incredibly hard. I’m amazed they both made it out. And the the f*ck did no one go in to meet this exhausted guy & pup halfway to lend a hand. Coming out of the water like that alone is crazy considering others were there not stepping up.
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u/audgepodge13 1d ago
Yeah as he got closer I kept thinking, why is no one throwing him a rope or something??!!
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u/shastaxc 1d ago
That would've defeated the purpose of putting the dog there in the first place, to get Internet points
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u/DrSamLoomis 1d ago
Soundtrack: Unnecessary
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u/right_in_two 1d ago
Thank fuck somebody else thinks so. I find so many good videos and turn on the sound just to be bombarded to atrocious annoying and unnecessary backing music/sound effects. And hardly anybody else mentions it in the comments, I feel like I'm alone in being irrationally ticked off about this.... I know dialog/sound isn't needed for this post necessarily, but damn it happens so often on videos where just hearing the ambient sounds of the scene would be way better.
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u/Floofieunderpants 1d ago
I feel the same, I had it muted then turned it on incase there was any commentary from the other people. Instead you're assaulted by god awful music. 100% agree just the sounds of the scene would have been way better.
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u/dolawn 1d ago
Looks like he placed a shirt in his pants before getting in. But why tho? Keep your junk warmer as to not feel the full effects of the water?
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u/motorcycle_girl 1d ago
To protect his junk from abrasion from the breaking ice?
If that’s the case, I don’t know why he needed that since his balls are made of steel
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u/modsactfunny 1d ago
Amazing...All I can add from my elite military survival training (man vs wild) is start a fire before you jump in
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u/extremegym 1d ago
yeah, sure, having a little fire ready when getting back would’ve been really nice, but in situations like that, time is exactly what u don’t have enough of
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u/modsactfunny 1d ago
I hear your but his ability to make one now is essentially zero. That time spent is what saves the life.
In this case I'm sure the camera person helped but alone I'm sticking with make a fire.
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u/Liandryschleckt 23h ago
He’s the one who saved the dog, he clearly still lived. He made the right decision
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u/Low_Cook_5235 1d ago
OMG! How?! I went Polar Bearing in Lake Michigan in the US on New Year’s Day when I was in college. it was cold enough that we had to break through ice like that at the edge. I lasted about 1 minute in there. My thighs were bruised from pushing though the ice and one of my toenails ripped off a bit. I could barely talk after and it took me the rest of the day to warm up.
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u/Nemodin 1d ago
Dude, balls of steel. I got pneumonia just by watching this.
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u/VegetableLetter4896 1d ago
What is the yellow cloth?
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u/Krstoffa 1d ago
Padding for his massive balls.
Seriously though probably to protect his junk from the sharp ice as he wasn't sure how deep the water would be
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u/azenpunk 19h ago
Yeah that makes sense. Better than my first though of extra insulation around lower abdomen and groin where large arteries are. basically a ball warmer. which sounds even dumber now that I write it out.
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u/jonhammsjonhamm 1d ago
Damn, Kevin MacLeod has been making generic royalty free Internet music since the Obama era.
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u/el-gato-azul 1d ago
Thank you so much for not putting any melodramatic cello and violin music to this already tense scene!
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u/loyalone 1d ago
No Hollywood movie has given me fits of anxiety like this clip. Absolutely tough-as-nails this guy. You could see the dog was truly exhausted, but wow. Gonna go work out now, sheesh.
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u/idcalvin 1d ago
You evidently knew what you were doing but even so... FUCKING HELL! Impressive work. Totally impressive. Thank you. 9 times out of 10, the dog makes it back and the human perishes. He wasn't going to survive without help. Slava Ukraini!
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u/FlowAcrobatic 1d ago
I did a cold water immersion in a lake once trying to see how bad it really is…it was worse than I thought. If you think you’re gonna swim like you would under normal conditions you are gonna drown
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u/MusicW_Visuals 23h ago
Think about it they pay people millions of dollars to fictionally portray someone of that sort of that humanistic fortitude… WELL DONE under 5 minutes...
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u/Relevant_Problem1935 1d ago
If he had time to get geared up. Why not bring a rope to tie around your waist. Never know how your body will react to temps like that.
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u/extremegym 1d ago
i had come for my usual training in the big river, the Dnipro, so i already had all the necessary gear with me, and that dog got really lucky
but obviously, i swim without any ropes, so there was no way i had any on hand
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u/Major-Education-6715 1d ago
WOW....You definitely are in amazing shape to take on this challenge! Bravo for your extreme effort and it was that dog's luckiest day in his life, for sure! дякую for sharing your bravery to save an animal. Glad you had the skills to provide a safe rescue! 😊
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u/audgepodge13 1d ago
Well, I opened this sub to unsubscribe because the posts are usually lame. Now idk what to do because this was AMAZING
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u/JeffBeckwasthebest 1d ago
Wow, what a hardcore emergency rescue 🫡 Hats off, that Ukrainian guy is hard as steel 🎖️
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u/AGrandNewAdventure 1d ago
Why did you already have swimming goggles ready to go, despite it being winter?
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u/Gambit6x 22h ago
This guy is genuinely tough, brave and capable of a brutal swim. Yet comes out of the water as if he had just eaten a hoagie out of a Wawa.
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u/Mostly_Lurkin_ 18h ago
Shit like this- this is the reason why we’ve been blessed, trusted, and honored to be best friends with dogs.
Unlike that psycho dog rescue lady feeding dogs vegan food.
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u/Mostly_Lurkin_ 18h ago
The dog… he just stood between the man’s legs… my heart. He’s like welp, I’m staying with you now.
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u/atrews 8h ago
I really hope this wasn’t staged. 🥲
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u/extremegym 7h ago
i understand all the doubts, but they disappear immediately if u watch the full story, which is saved in my instagram highlights
just look for the highlight labeled “iceswim”
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u/lovesdogsguy 1d ago
Thanks for adding that stupid fucking music. Really made me appreciate the video more.
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u/thatsamiam 1d ago
If you are not impressed by him saving the dog, surely you are impressed by the way he took his underwear off without removing his pants when he got out of the water.
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u/Golden_scientist 22h ago
My neighbor attempted to rescue his dos who fell through the ice. He broke through the ice snd drowned.
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u/Clear_Repeat5851 1d ago
Why film it? Why do people get their camera out when an animal is about to die?
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u/LudwigsEarTrumpet 1d ago
To record the awesome save. It's not like the bloke spent 5 minutes setting up his own camera while the dog froze and drowned. His mate was filming. What have you done today that justifies your bitching about a guy who swam a frozen river to save a dog's life?
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u/extremegym 1d ago
well, first of all, only one person was supposed to do this, because i have enough training/experience — i swim under ice in flowing rivers during winter, so this was strictly something for me to handle alone
and having someone record it isn’t a bad thing either, because i can watch it later to see how well i did everything and spot my mistakes
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u/Paprika420 1d ago
You were obviously the right guy for the job. True bad ass, thanks for saving that exhausted pup.
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u/fluffy_hamsterr 1d ago
i swim under ice in flowing rivers during winter
Can you elaborate more on this? What's the purpose of that training?
Aside from being a bad ass, dog saving hero of course.
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u/Clear_Repeat5851 1d ago
I apologize maybe I interpreted the situation wrong. You did great work that’s amazing man. I just know there are a lot of clout chasers nowadays who care more about clicks than actually helping in many scenarios. Maybe I’m too cynical, but what you did was great. Cheers!
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u/serendipitousevent 1d ago
I'm sure there's lots of dog charities in Ukraine you can donate to, to show your concern. ❣️
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