Dog Survives Being Trapped On Ice For 5 Days (VIDEO)

Gibson the dog disappeared from her Arlington, MA home over a week ago, and her owners probably didn't expect to find her where they did.

Gibson managed to get trapped on an iced-over pond for 5 days.

In this CNN video, an official notes that he is puzzled as to how she got onto the ice because the pond is totally fenced in, and there wasn't a way for an animal to have access into the area.

Rescuers attempted to catch Gibson for 3 days, but she had 160 acres of ice to run around on, and kept managing to evade them. Finally, on Wednesday, a team of nine rescuers were able to catch the pup.

She was returned home to her very thankful owners.

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Comments

[WindFeathers]

04:13 PM on 01/24/2011

It is a Pond...

[WindFeathers]

04:05 PM on 01/24/2011

It is Fresh Pond in Cambrige it is not a lake!
Lakes are usally river i.e. Great Lakes
This Pond is spring fed...
I grew up there, very sacrid area, Red tail hawks etc...
Should be more like dog goes home for a week.
Back to Chuck Wagon poochie...
See you next winter.

Windfeather,

[Max Shaw]

03:05 PM on 01/24/2011

160-acre pond? Thats one big-a** pond...feel like thats more of a lake size. Either way, glad the dog is alive and safe now.

[life-of-riley]

07:08 AM on 01/24/2011

So Gibson, tell us, what was it like spending five freezing cold days and nights, lonely wandering around on a frozen lake with possible death mere feet away?

"Rough!"

[Max Shaw]

03:04 PM on 01/24/2011

That was kinda cute..lol.

[Comtesse Gigi]

01:27 AM on 01/24/2011

I hate it when they post videos like this. For some reason, I just can't watch anything when a dog is in distress, even if it's just a movie. I get so upset. So, while I didn't watch, I'm glad it was a happy ending.

[Tulka2]

12:17 AM on 01/24/2011

I was too cowardly to watch this since i have seen it all too often in real time.   Here is a thing that is well past and i am glad of it.  It used to be when dogs and children were more on their own, dogs would fall through the ice and children would go after them.   I haven't heard that sad story in a long time and yet it used to happen every winter of my childhood.

[VintageMary]

11:46 PM on 01/23/2011

Her poor paws must have been so cold & tired. Silly puppy.

[Imaginemore]

05:05 PM on 01/23/2011

Hope she is warm and loved now.

[terriblyconfused]

10:09 AM on 01/23/2011

I don't understand why they couldn't get the owners to stand on the edge with food and whistle.

[springsm]

11:04 PM on 01/23/2011

spooked by the slippery ice and someone chasing her.  WHo knows..is this a Border Collie..she might think she is playing a game.  I don't understand either really...they want to eat all the time.  I am glad it didnt' go through the ice.  And what does define a POND.

[leiss62185]

09:44 AM on 01/23/2011

160 acres is a lake not a pond

[CanUFeel2012]

09:43 AM on 01/23/2011

-----SIGH-----

Gotta hug my dogs now.....

[nofriendofrepublicans]

09:41 AM on 01/23/2011

160 acres? That's a big pond!

[Roshi98]

10:11 AM on 01/23/2011

It's a lovely area to walk around, especially during fall foliage.

[ramal]

09:21 AM on 01/23/2011

Marvelous, wonderful creatures. If you have one or several, guard them with your life.

[sabelmouse]

08:54 AM on 01/23/2011

open the gate and go away would have taken ?

[springsm]

11:05 PM on 01/23/2011

And like Hansel and Gretel ...leave a trail of really attractive food.  But if it is spooked, who knows.

[sabelmouse]

07:29 AM on 01/24/2011

with all those people it would be spooked. food is an excellent idea. it's a dog after all.
i wonder about the poor paws after all that time.

[kooosh]

08:23 AM on 01/23/2011

Cute girl. I have to imagine her poor paws were frozen and she was starving after a day or two. Seems like a clever trap and a giant steak might have done the trick. Wonder what took so long.

[sabelmouse]

08:54 AM on 01/23/2011

the people chasing her.

[mistykane]

09:07 AM on 01/23/2011

Exactly, or they could have let the owners bring her food and water bowls. Instead, they spent 3 days scaring her off.

[Roshi98]

10:13 AM on 01/23/2011

They didn't know who the owners were, but animal control people really should know better than to chase a scared animal. I never thought people from Arlington were as smart as they thought themselves to be anyway, so....