Hiker, Dog Saved in Dramatic Cliff Rescue

The owner = moron. The poor dog. 100 feet is quite a fall, they are very lucky to have survived. Well, I’ll bet that the dog won’t be chasing bottles anymore.

Is the owner who tossed the bottle over the cliff going to be charged with littering?

That’s what you get for being a litterbug and throwing garbage (a bottle) over the cliff. What a jerk. The firefighters should fine him for the rescue, and for littering.

For starters, the father, who threw the bottle over the side, should get a ticket for littering. Then they should both get a fat bill for the costs of the rescue. I’m sick of people who have no brains.

Why did the jerk throw a bottle off the cliff in the first place!

I suppose the dog and his owner probably frequently played fetch, so the dog was just doing what he thought he was supposed to do and that was to fetch the bottle. That cliff was a bad place to have thrown the bottle though. Praise be that they are both rescued and now safe.

My comment is that the father of the boy should pay for the cost of the rescue. He thru the battle over the cliff that littering and he knew the dog would try to fetch it. So the Father was in the wrong twice. One for littering and one for not have the dog on a leash. So the cost of the rescue is the Fathers responsible

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This situation would not have happened if the owner of the dog was obeying leash laws. I’m a dog owner as well as a cat owner, and I find myself grinding my teeth in frustration at the willful stupidity of dog owners who take their dogs off the leash when they go hiking.

Unless your dog is trained to professional standards and will immediately come to your side when you call or stop and drop at your command from a distance, you are courting disaster when you let your dog off leash. Here in my neck of the woods in SoCal, I’ve seen dogs that got bitten by rattlesnakes off the leash, that fell over cliffs or down slopes and broke bones, that actually ran off and got lost, among other tragedies.

I’ve also known dogs that have caused injuries to other hikers or people on bikes or on horseback, or that have gotten into fights with other dogs that are off leash.

It is just plain old ordinary STUPID to let your dog off leash if you take him/her hiking. I believe that this hiker or his family should have to pay for the rescue, and should further be cited for allowing the dog off leash. And they should also be charged with gross negligence amounting to cruelty to animals.

If you love your dog, keep it on a leash when it isn’t in a fenced, secured yard!

The father ought to be charged for the cost of the rescue since he was the one who caused the problem by litering. He nearly lost his son and the dog in one idiotic throw.

OK, just finished seeing the item about Ivan and his dog being rescued. EXCUSE ME???!??? No comment about the utter stupidity or questions of his father about LITTERING by throwing a glass bottle over the edge? Did the cause of this expensive event elude the news team? I’m all for human interest, but the fact that there was nothing mentioned about littering (and breaking a glass bottle at the base of the cliff) in our evening news, come on!!!!

Holly Leeds
Grass Valley
Liberal (usually)

Are all of you people idiots? Have reading comprehension problems? There was an 18 year old male, Not a father, son and dog.Geesh! No wonder America is going downhill fast.

Littering. The dog’s life. The human being’s life. The rescuers lives. In order of priorities, what is wrong with this picture?

The fine for littering should be $1,000 + . I bet after you got one littering ticket you would think twice. Next time you are at a stop light take a look at the ground around you. Bet you can’t count the cigarette butts before the light turns green. America is better. Wake up and clean her up.

A moron threw a bottle off of a cliff. What did he expect expect from his unsuspecting pup? First, the moron has no respect for the environment, nor does he care about his son or dog. He should have been the one to experience “landsliding” firsthand instead of the innocents. Maybe this will be a new extreme sport. He should have to pay for the cost of the rescue. Good thing no one was injured while they risked their lives to save Ivan and the dog. Ivan should stay far away from his immediate genetic ancestor.

The dog is more intelligent than either the kid or the littering father.
Yes, there rightfully ought to be a citation for littering and a huge bill for the rescue.

And, how would you like the imbeciles of the comments section to teach reading skills to your kids?lol Doh~~~~

So, ABC, are you going to follow up with this story, since the father was littering-illegal, dog not leashed-illegal, recklessly endagering an animal, who bears the cost of the rescue? You have tried to turn this into a cute little human interest story, “Hiker, Dog Saved in Dramtatic Cliff Rescue” to encourage readers, …rescuers take the firefighters to dinner? Really?? It looks like your responders all want justice, not cute, come on, give your reporting some actual thought about how you expect your readers to repond. If you were the reader, wouldn’t you want these questions addressed instead?

The father should be liable for all the rescue cost. He caused the problem while committing a crime.

I say throw the one who threw to bottle over the cliff. Sounds like the moron was trying to kill the dog. They should at least pay for the rescure and take the dog away from them.

the dad is a jerk for throwing a bottle in the first place! he should be fined for litering & should have to pick up the cost of the rescue! maybe also require him to pick up trash on hiking trails for a long time! who does he think he is?

The dad should be fined for littering!!! What did he think the dog would do???Dogs are loyal and do what they are taught…Teach a dog to fetch and the dog will fetch regardless of where it is and how dangerous it is!!

PLEASE FIND A RESPONSIBLE HOME FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DOG!!! And put that father on highway clean up duty!!!!! And yes, this is one case where they should be charged for the rescue!!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH RESCUERS. YOU ALWAYS DO THE BEST.
HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT!!!!!!

Wait just a minute! Most of you people, that’s most not all, are looking to create even more of a police state than we already have here in AMERICA. We are supposed to be the home of the FREE, as in freedom of choice, yes that means even ignorant people like the father are free to make poor choices like tossing the bottle over the cliff without even thinking about the puppy’s reflexive response to fetch or his son’s love for his dog, so strong that he had to attempt to rescue him. This ignorant father now must live with fact that he could have caused the crippling or death of both of them. The father should be forced to walk barefoot along the bottom of the cliff while the rescuer’s toss bottle’s over the cliff at him and maybe that would help him to shake off any future ignorance !

Please read the entire article before ridiculing the dog owner. The dog owner did NOT throw the bottle that the dog ran after…the owner’s father did. The dog owner risked his own life for his beloved pet. Fine the father for the littering, cost of the rescue, and for putting others’ lives at risk. Then kick his butt up between his shoulders.

Fine the father for littering, make him pay for the cost of the rescue, then get a judge to put him on park clean up duty for the next year.

It is important that we all realize that in addition to the moron littering and putting the dog, his son, and the resucures in danger; ABC News insulted our intelects by trying to make this a “feel good” story.

Their premise was completely wrong and they must be held accoutable for it.