[Video] Dog saves friend from drowning in raging river rapids

by pawbuzz on in Dogs 114

A courageous canine who saved his four-legged friend from drowning in a raging river has garnered internet fame for his heroic act.

Rafael Franciulli posted a Youtube video of two labrador retrievers playing in a river in Argentina. The short clip shows a black lab rushing into the water to retrieve a stick, only to find himself unable to free himself from the flowing current.

That’s when a second yellow lab watching from the side springs into action. He starts pulling the other dog out of the water, while also reclaiming the stick as his very own. By grabbing the stick still held tightly in the black dog’s mouth, the yellow dog is able to pull his partner to shore before he’s completely swept away.

But was this an actual example of animal heroics in action?

Numerous commenters on the video have pointed out the yellow dog may have been more focused on winning the game of fetch than heroically pulling his friend to safety.

Furthermore, some have also criticized the human’s responsible for the clip for allowing either dog so close to what appears to be a potentially dangerous situation.

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However, according to the video’s description, the two animals were actually quite familiar with the river and neither was reportedly injured or in any real danger during the encounter.

From the owner: “We were at Yuspe River playing with our dogs. They always play tug with sticks. The dogs weren’t hurt, and they enjoy every minute they play in water!”

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114 thoughts on “[Video] Dog saves friend from drowning in raging river rapids”

  1. Rich Stackon

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    sorry, but the white dog’s love for the stick was greater than the love for his dark furred buddy. I am sure the owner has taken the dogs to this area many times (hence why he is recording instead of getting involved) and the dogs play like this regularly. If the black dog let go of the stick, I am betting his “pal” would have been quite content to be the sole owner and left his friend to fend for himself.

  6. Heather Miller

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    Because there’s nothing wrong with the dog lmao. This video is edited. There’s a guy right below the black lab in the pool below. These dogs are just playing he’s not trying to save him he wants the stick.

  22. Andrew Totten

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    To be totally honest and everything, I have seen this video before and I think that it should have been the person filming that should have been saving the dog, and not just standing there and filming the whole thing. People with technology these days. There was a dog in need of help and that person just stood there and filmed.

  38. Geri Larson

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    Will not load, but I have to ask myself where the human is in this picture?? If the idiot person could find the time to get a camera and take pictures, he/she should have stepped forward and saved the dog!! As most of these stories go, my guess it did not really occur. If this did happen the idiot with the camera should have the dogs taken from him/her for not assisting.

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