[ewarp]

I left the house to take the dogs out for a walk and accidentally dropped a leash while I was locking the door. Of the three leashes I could have dropped- I dropped the absolute worst one: Saboo's. I shoved Hippo and Stanley back in the house and took off after her.

There's a big golf course across the street that's filled with bunnies and geese, so she high-tailed it over there. Thankfully, there's a 6' chainlink fence that runs between the edge of the course and the street, so cars weren't really an issue. She gets loose occasionally, always by accident, and generally I "herd" her onto the 7th hole- it's a peninsula that juts out into a huge pond. I didn't even think about the fact that it's been really cold and the pond was freezing over.

Saboo ran straight out onto the ice... and fell through.

I went in right after her- I broke through immediately and started wading out towards her- by the time I reached the spot she had fallen in at, she'd managed to make her way out on the other side. She immediately started licking at herself. I waded the rest of the way over and wrapped her in my hoodie and walked home as fast as I could manage. Thankfully the water was never over my waist, so my sweatshirt was dry for her.

She and I are both curled up in bed now- her temperature is normal now (101.2), and I'm the only one shivering.