2A • January 5, 2018 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com
Dog rescued off cliffside by Indian Beach
Felix went
missing on
Christmas Day
Leashes keep pets safe, says Oregon Parks
Dogs from Page 1A
By Brenna Visser
Seaside Signal
In a dramatic rescue, a dog
stranded overnight on a cliff
north of Indian Beach was
brought to safety Tuesday,
Dec. 26.
Felix, a 2-year-old border
collie, was rescued unharmed
from a precipice 60 feet from
the crest of the Clatsop Loop
trail by the Seaside rope and
rescue team.
He had gone missing
around 3 p.m. during a Christ-
mas day hike.
“He doesn’t just leave, it’s
not like how he is,” said Sar-
ah Stremming, Felix’s owner.
“He does like water, so I fig-
ured he went over the cliff. He
would have come back to me
when I called if he hadn’t.”
For the rest of the eve-
ning, Seattle resident Strem-
ming and a group of friends
searched the cliffside to no
avail.
“We thought we knew
where he was, we just couldn’t
see him and he couldn’t hear
us due to the tides,” she said.
Stremming posted a call to
action on her Facebook page
Monday night in an effort to
reach out to what she called
“an extensive network of dog
lovers.” By Tuesday morn-
ing, Cannon Beach Fire Chief
Matt Benedict had a flood of
messages waiting on the Can-
non Beach Fire and Rescue
Facebook page from Strem-
ming’s concerned friends.
“We want to see all vis-
itors, including four-legged
kind, in the same good
shape they went out in,”
Walkoski said.
Stremming, a profes-
sional dog trainer at The
Cognitive Canine in Se-
attle, chose to walk Felix
off-leash on the hike, she
said. If she were to go back,
she’d invest in a GPS track-
er that would have let her
know where he was soon-
er and done more research
about the trail conditions.
“I knew there were out-
looks, but I wasn’t aware of
how close sheer cliff faces
were,” she said. “Had I re-
searched that more thor-
oughly, I would have kept
him closer on a leash.”
While Stremming was
aware of the rule, she
stressed the importance of
what walking a dog off-
leash can do for their mental
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“The fact is, every other
dog I saw on the trail wasn’t
on a leash. Most don’t ob-
serve the rule. They all hap-
pened to be okay,” Strem-
ming said. “I know what
people want to hear me say
is I’m going to keep my dog
religiously on leash. But
I will continue to (go off-
leash).”
She recognizes the re-
sources that were spent
to conduct the search and
rescue mission, and plans
to make “big donations” to
Seaside Fire and Rescue as
well as the Hamlet Fire De-
partment for contributing
the drone that helped locate
her dog on the rock face,
she said.
“I know it wasn’t a safe
operation, and that’s why I
plan to give back,” she said.
To avoid similar situa-
tions, Cati Foss of Arnica-
dia Dog Training in Seaside
said hikers should practice
recalling with their dogs
and to check in more often
the usual. She also suggest-
ed checking trail terrain and
weather conditions to know
what type of hazards to ex-
pect.
“If you know there are
cliffs, check in more fre-
quently, so you aren’t run-
ning into issues where they
get intent on smelling some-
thing and get into situations
where they get stuck,” Foss
said.
Foss recommends both
on-leash and off-leash train-
ing. Dogs are allowed to be
off-leash on Oregon beach-
es as long as owners can ex-
ercise “direct control,” ac-
cording to the Oregon State
Parks website.
“It’s an important skill
set to be able to maintain
control and also walk on a
leash politely. A lot of dogs
go on their own when leash
comes off, and the impulse
control goes,” she said.
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Shortly after 8 a.m., Ham-
let Fire Chief Matt Verley
used his private drone to lo-
cate Felix. It was determined
the only way to reach him was
by scaling the cliff face with
ropes.
Search and rescue mis-
sions aren’t uncommon in and
around Ecola State Park. On
average, the rope and rescue
team retrieves about six to
12 hikers each year, Benedict
said.
But most happen in the
summer, and this was the
first high-angle rescue this
year, Benedict said — a type
of rescue that is steeper and
requires more climbing than
usual.
For Seaside Fire Lieu-
tenant Genesee Dennis, the
man who scaled the rock face
to retrieve Felix, this was his
first rescue since gaining his
certification a year ago.
“The most difficult part
about this rescue was the fact
it was a dog,” Dennis said.
“You can’t reason with a dog,
and they can’t really help. At
one point he slipped out of his
harness, and I was basically
bear hugging him, with no
available hand holds.”
About three hours later,
Felix was greeted by a warm
blanket, a visibly emotional
owner and group of friends
anxiously awaiting his arriv-
al.
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ming said, clutching Felix in
her arms.
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Dec. 14
6:50 a.m., 1000 block S.
Downing: A misdelivered FedEx
package made its way back to
its proper delivery location.
1:49 p.m., S. Roosevelt: An
unresponsive person was trans-
ported by Medix to Providence
Seaside Hospital.
3:14 p.m., S. Roosevelt: A
person was charged with unau-
thorized use of a motor vehicle
as well as assault in the fourth
degree and harassment.
Dec. 15
on others. The man said he
would stop screaming and go
home.
10:04 p.m., 800 block Avenue
B: Police receive a report of a
Christmas wreath just stolen
from a front porch. Officers
were unable to locate anyone
in the area carrying a wreath.
Dec. 17
1:37 p.m., Carnahan Road, Arch
Cape: Seaside police assist Can-
non Beach police and Clatsop
County Sheriff’s Department
with a suicidal person.
10:31 a.m., Holladay and
Seventh Avenue: A disturbance
is reported.
7:50 p.m., 700 block 14th Ave-
nue: A runaway is reported.
7:26 p.m., Avenue B: A subject
charged with offensive littering
was trespassed from the prop-
erty and warned.
Dec. 18
Dec. 16
9:42 a.m., Police headquarters:
A person came in to register as
a sex offender.
4:16 p.m. Quatat Park: Police
warn a screaming man who
was frightening people of the
effect his behavior was having
3:56 a.m. Broadway Park: A
subject found sleeping in the
dugout is told to move along.
12:54 p.m., Police headquar-
ters: Police receive a report of
an individual talking to several
Seaside High School students
on social media. The reporting
person does not believe the
individual is who they say they
are. Police advise the reporting
person to stop contact with
the person, and if they receive
nude photos or inappropriate
material, report that to the
police.
Dec. 19
5:04 a.m. 1300 block N. Holla-
day: A woman who threatened
to hurt herself if her cable,
which had been turned off, did
not come back on told police
she would not hurt herself after
all.
Dec. 20
5:07 a.m., Stop and Go: A per-
son is arrested on a warrant.
3:28 p.m., Shilo Inn and the
beach: Police respond to a
report of drug activity on the
beach. The complained upon
party denied the allegation,
and said they were staying at
a local shelter; they said they
would be moving on.
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Dec. 21
8:44 a.m., Seaside Brewing: A
person is arrested on a warrant.
10:51 a.m., 700 block S.
Lincoln: The owner of two dogs
who continually growl and
charge at a neighbor was cited
for having nuisance animals
and not licensing their dogs.
Dec. 22
12:24 p.m., 300 block S. Roos-
evelt: Multiple callers reported
to police an argument between
two teen brothers in a parking
lot. As officers were respond-
ing, the boys were observed to
be leaving the area with their
mother.
1:36 p.m. 1100 block N. Roos-
evelt: A person is arrested and
charged with driving under the
influence of intoxicants.
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