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The story
A Shiba Inu that fell overboard from a pleasure boat off the coast of Ehime Prefecture was found alive on an island 5km away after drifting for roughly 26 hours, and has since been reunited with its owner. The rescue is credited to a search effort that spread across nearby islands via social media. On 5channel, many posters expressed amazement and admiration at the dog’s will to survive 26 hours in rough seas, while others offered more level-headed takes questioning the circumstances of the accident itself: “Why didn’t anyone notice right away that it had fallen in?” and “Before turning this into a heartwarming story, shouldn’t we be asking about the owner’s lack of care?”
Shiba Inu that fell into the sea found safe after drifting roughly 26 hours to an island 5km away! Tearful reunion with owner — social media spread the word [Ehime]
Mon, 8/31, 13:38 JST
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Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Who knew falling in the sea could turn a dog into a tanuki (raccoon dog)…
Sounds like they just called it in and kept right on enjoying their pleasure boat outing.
and whether it was leashed or not.
If you leash it, the collar tightens around its neck when it goes overboard.
Marilyn was the female dog who was waiting (from the tearjerker dog movie 'I Want to See Marilyn').
Manson!? (riffing on "Marilyn" → Marilyn Manson)
26 hours in rough seas.
If I were the owner I'd have kept searching all through the night.
It was found on the island 26 hours later — that's when it turned up, not how long they searched.
Maybe it'd kick a log along like a kickboard,
or ride one like Tao Pai Pai from Dragon Ball.
It's 'I Want to See Marilyn,' right.
On the way to Yakushima, though, I remember thinking 'if the boat sank right here, I'd be dead.'
The Seto Inland Sea has whirlpools popping up all over the place too, you know.
Something's off about that.
If the boat's underway, nobody notices unless someone actually witnesses it happen.
Feels like they'd just doggy-paddle and float forever.
Once they're too exhausted to even doggy-paddle anymore, they drown just like anything else.
told us if we spotted it, scoop it up with a net.
A whole search network mobilized for one dog — what a kind world, lol.
Or maybe my heart's just gotten too jaded.
If they staged it on purpose just to spin a heartwarming story, that's straight-up monstrous…
Pretty sure they just float normally.
My dog floats fine whenever it's in the sea too.
Should be okay as long as the waves aren't too rough.
Let's toss one into a waterfall pool and see how far it can swim.
Glad it was found, though.
Re: #180 Speaking of surprisingly strong swimmers, bears are up there too.
Huge as they are, some even catch seabirds, and fish are apparently a favorite of theirs…
Depending on the currents and weather, plenty of dogs would've simply run out of strength and drowned. This one just got lucky.
It was also lucky there happened to be so many islands around there, in what's known as the Kutsuna Islands. Incidentally, Dash Island (from the TV variety segment) is only about 10km away from there.
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
The Shiba Inu is one of Japan’s six native dog breeds, all designated national natural monuments, which is why the thread saw comments like “we’ve got to treasure them.” The waters off Ehime where this happened are dotted with small islands, including the Kutsuna Islands, a geographic stroke of luck that likely made it easier for a drifting dog to wash up on land. Reactions on the thread split roughly into two camps: one expressed amazement and admiration at the Shiba Inu’s will to survive 26 hours adrift in rough seas, while the other offered cooler-headed criticism — “why wasn’t this noticed right away?” and “shouldn’t the owner’s responsibility be questioned before this gets turned into a heartwarming story?” Though not mentioned in the article itself, some posters noted that leashing a dog on board isn’t a simple fix either, since a collar can tighten around the dog’s neck if it falls overboard while tied — a reminder of just how tricky keeping pets safe on a boat really is.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5channel (News Speed+) thread “[Uo･ｪ･oU] Shiba Inu that fell into the sea found safe after drifting roughly 26 hours to an island 5km away! Tearful reunion with owner — social media spread the word, Ehime.”
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