Oregon Couple Spend Night in Snow to Stay With Exhausted Dog
What a great couple!
This story of human devotion comes to us from KOIN News.
Dog Causes Couple To Camp On Mountain
COOPER SPUR, Ore. – A couple out on a snowshoeing trip was forced to spend the night on Mount Hood Saturday after their 12-year-old dog couldn’t finish the trek.
The couple was headed up to the Tilly Jane cabin on the northeast side of Mount Hood above Cooper Spur. They were able to make two-thirds of the way when they noticed their dog, Black Jesus, was having difficulty keeping up and they decided to call it a night on the mountain.Temperatures dipped as low as 9 degrees that night, but since the couple was planning to stay in the cabin, they were able to take shelter in sleeping bags they had packed for the trip.
A two-person Nordic team of the Mt. Hood Ski Patrol met the snowshoers as they headed down the Polallie Ridge Trail.
Patroller Eric Holstrom escorted the couple, who showed signs of hypothermia, to the Cooper Spur Ski Area where they received assistance.
Patroller Rod Legg continued up the trail and found the dog wrapped in a space blanket. Using biscuits to coax the dog, Legg covered the shivering dog with an additional coat and transported him by rescue sled to be reunited with his family.
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I think it’s great that the couple chose to stop and stay with their dog for the night, but this story really begs the question, “What were they thinking taking an elderly dog out on what seems to be a long-distance hike in the snow??”
Mudge, I, too, am a hiker. Until the last few weeks of my 17 year old dog’s life she hiked with me. You don’t hike Mount Hood if you’re a one-mile-through-the-neighborhood walker. It’s probably a safe bet that this was not their’s or the dog’s first trip up Mount Hood. It’s probably another safe bet that they won’t try it again with their fur baby. I’m glad they made it off the mountain safely.
That’s a good point, Kenyon. I don’t hike much, so I guess I may have jumped to a conclusion to quickly
I guess I was thinking of my 12 yr old dog who I know couldn’t handle a snowy trek up a mountain!
I would probably do the same thing, regardless of my dog’s age, or else I would try to carry him the rest of the way.
In the most extreme circumstances, the human body is able to find the strength they never knew they had.
I say kudos to them, as others who are evil would have left the dog to die or find his own way.
Hey you guys, did you not hear of the three men who died on Mount Hood recently. It is no place for a dog or ill equipped people in the winter.