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Pet first

Life jackets are made for people, not dogs. So, when Randy Earl’s small boat capsized while he was fishing with his dog Lacy, a black spaniel mix, he stayed in the water with his life jacket while making sure Lacy was fine. “When the boat flipped over, I put the dog on top of the boat,” Earl told The Dominion Post of Morgantown. While waiting for someone to rescue them on Mason Lake in northern West Virginia, Earl clung to the 12-foot b oat’s hull. The water temperature was about 50°, said J.M. Crawley, a senior conservation officer for the Division of Natural Resources. Another fisherman, Jan Thorn, watched from shore as a state trooper paddled out to rescue Earl and Lacy. “He asked the state trooper to take the dog first,” Thorn said. “It was very touching.” Earl, aged 53, said Lacy means a lot to him and his wife. “That dog is like a child to us,” he said.

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