Today, I was walking my dog through a park with a lake. My dog was swimming in said lake, and then appeared to be having trouble keeping his head up. I put my phone and keys on the ground and waded to my dog. He was fine, but I turned around in time to see someone run off with my stuff. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I took my dog for a walk down by the river. I was throwing sticks for him with one hand and talking on the phone with the other. Then I accidentally threw my phone in the river instead of the stick and was standing there talking to the stick while my phone sat at the bottom of the river. FML
Today, I got mugged while walking my dog. He seemed to be OK with it. FML
Today, I took my dog to the park. While chatting with another dog owner, my dog managed to steal their sandwich and ran off with it. I had to chase my sandwich-thieving dog through the entire park. FML
Today, I was walking my dog when I tripped on the leash, dropping his treat bag. He snatched one, looked at me, and ran full speed in the opposite direction. I had to chase him for three blocks, yelling his name. He thought it was a new game. FML
Today, my friend and I went boating. In the middle of the lake, we decided to jump in. We put our valuables in the boat and jumped in. When I tried to get back in the boat, it flipped over, and our cellphones, along with my car keys, are at the bottom of the lake. FML
Today, I left my dog in my car for 5 minutes while I ran into a store. The car was running so he was fine, the thing that wasn't so fine is that when I walked out my car wasn't there. My dog somehow moved my car into the middle of a intersection, almost causing an accident. FML
Today, I took a peaceful walk through the park, and then sat on the grass. As I was enjoying the quiet, a dog appeared out of nowhere and decided my shoes were a chew toy. I spent 10 minutes trying to wrestle my shoes away from this dog, while its owner casually walked in the opposite direction. FML
Today, while dogsitting for a friend, I took their overly excitable dog to the park. The moment I unleashed him, he bolted, and I ended up chasing him for what felt like miles. When I finally caught him, I was covered in mud and my pants had a huge tear in them. FML
Today, I was walking my dog when I slipped on some mud and fell onto my ass. As I fell, I let go of the leash, and my dog just stood there, staring at me in what seemed like curious judgment. FML
Today, I took my dog to the park, and he ran straight into a group of people having a picnic. Naturally, he grabbed the biggest piece of meat in sight and ran off with it. As I chased him, I tripped and fell in front of everyone. My dog then sat and chewed the meat in front of me. FML
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GavinoFreedom 20
Fyl. Trying to help out your dog and humanity bites you in the back. Well I hope your dog is okay but fyl
alex_gen 39
Yes, but your phone probably has a tracker on it, and can be reported to the police. Unless the guy keeps the phone turned off indefinitely or disables the tracker, he's basically screwed.
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sorasaveshyrule 16
My dog nearly drowned in a pool, so pretty sure its quite possible. Good going on helping yor dog, OP, better safe than sorry!
doodlecloud 27
Generally speaking it is advised that you don't go into water after your dogs though. Heard many a story in the news about people losing their lives trying to save their dog from rivers, seas, frozen lakes. The dog is usually fine.
dragonkisses28 25
OP also doesn't say that the phone and keys were in their hand. They only say that they put them down on the ground. If I thought my dog was drowning, I wouldn't have stopped to drop my phone and my keys. Wait a minute, boy! This phone is expensive. Let me just drop that right here. I wonder if I should take off my shoes...
sorasaveshyrule 16
But, as was all ready stated, OP didn't have to go very far out to get to the dog, and it's a lake thats probably not frozen if the dog is swimming in it.
hushhh 4
You're dog and the other person were conspiring against you.
brand125 17
60 - now i think youre looking too much into this. even so, that would take less than 2 seconds and wouldnt have made a differnce...
brand125 17
i mean, the op knew the dog was still getting air, they just thought they needed some assistance. if the dog was completly underwater and ACTUALLY drowning then id understand the op doing a mad dash into the water running and not caring about the phone at all, but the op was obviously not extremly seriously worried, they just thought something was up. so i dont nee why its so weird that they took 1 sec to lay the phone down...
militarybrat 21
#58 is right. Friend of mine almost drowned trying to untangle her dogs legs. But like pp said, op waded, not swam.
Ben12345_fml 18
It was your dog or your stuff. You chose the right one
igotds 16
Cat burglars man, gotta watch out for them, especially when they see you with a dog. FYL OP