by Bob Walsh
Last
week there was a situation along a hiking trail in the Delaware Water
Gap National Recreational Area. It was hot and a group of hikers
encountered a man and his dog. One of the hikers happened to be a
pediatric nurse. The dog was in very poor shape, suffering from
dehydration and heat exhaustion. The owner had already poured a full
jug of water onto and into the dog and the group that came across them
all donated all of their water but the dog was still in dire shape.
They
called the park rangers and supervising ranger Kris Salapek found
them. He picked the dog up across his shoulders and neck and carried
the dog (looks like about a 100# German Shepherd) about half-way down
the trail to a stream, then laid the dog down in the stream and poured
water over him.
After
the dog perked up somewhat the ranger again picked him up and carried
him the rest of the way down the trail to the parking lot, total
distance about 2 miles, total carrying time about one hour.
By
the time they got the dog back down to the parking lot he could lift
his head. The owner took the dog directly to the vet. The pooch is
doing fine and is likely to make a full recovery.
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