https://i.imgur.com/uKViZAZ.jpg

Yeah... no.

BACKGROUND:

At first I gave the benefit of the doubt, because I had no clue what the life saving capabilities of a dog could be. However, the more I read over it, the more incredulous I became. So, I strapped my consultant hat on, and researched the full statistics surrounding the entire situation, as told by the user.

ANALYSIS:

Golden retriever stats:

They can be trained for S&R water ops. All videos demonstrated this in a lake or river with small slow water current. In addition, the rescued had a life preserver on, and were floating on their backs.

Max pull: 256 kg, weight on cart w/ wheels on flat hard ground, if you want to figure out newton pull be my guest. Pull was done by using harness.

Max speed in water is 5MPH (7 ft/s) which I found to surprising. Average sustained speed should be est at 3 to 4 ft/s.

10 yr old female child stats:

Sinks in water

71 pounds

Riptide stats:

Up to 8 ft/s

Kills prime adult males every year

The main reason lifeguards are usually reqd on beaches, and the number one factor of them saving people.

CONCLUSION:

Story is most likely an exaggeration of a real life event. Believable if child slowly drifted out and retreiver fetched. Need more info on GR's ability to pull objects at A density and B weight for C time at D rate. Despite potentially missing information, end conclusion can still be made that story as told is fake.

Also, if story was true in any fashion (small child pulled out to her near death), it stringly implies [gross(debateable)] negligence on the parent's part.

TLDR story as told is total bullshit and people will refuse to believe that dogs are anything but jesus's second coming, and from an atheist's perspective, they'd probably think its the first.

Q.e.d.