Darcy Matheson, CTV Vancouver 
 
 
 
 
 
 A Vancouver police officer recently commended for his part in a water rescue just went beyond the call of duty yet again, this time jumping into frigid waters to save a stranded dog. 
 
 On Friday afternoon, the large pup chased a ball out onto the frozen Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park, but crashed through the thin ice. 
 
 After being alerted by someone nearby, officers arrived to see the tired dog struggling to stay above the water. 
 
 That's when Const. Peter Colenutt stripped off part of his uniform and leapt into action. 
 
 "He took hold of one end of a rescue rope, and with his co-workers holding the other end, he made his way to the dog," said Const. Jason Doucette. 
 
 The dog and officer were chilly but otherwise uninjured when they reached the shore. 
 
 Colenutt is well known for helping people in the water. The Vancouver Police Board presented the officer with the Chief Constable's Commendation this past week for his part in a Stanley Park water rescue. 
 
 In June 2016, the constable and another officer raced into the water to aid a person in obvious distress. 
 
 After swimming 100 meters to help the panicked swimmer, the duo managed to keep him afloat until the VPD police boat arrived. 
 
 An officer AND a gentleman! This Vancouver cop dove into Lost Lagoon to save a dog that fell through the thin ice. (dog & hero ok!) pic.twitter.com/4R9HEOa6p8 — CTV Darcy (@darcynews) February 12, 2017 ||||| A Vancouver Police officer is being commended by people on social media for rescuing a dog that had fallen through the ice at Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park. 
 
 #Vancouver s finest @Vancouverpd Peter(?) Rescuing a drowning dog chased a bird into Lost Lagoon at Stanley Park #VPD pic.twitter.com/9WkvtrACdM — @RiskManagerCa 
 
 On Friday afternoon around 4:30 p.m. PT, police were called by a resident who saw a dog chase a ball onto the thin ice and subsequently fall through. Police said it was a ball the dog chased, not a bird as reported by a Twitter user who took pictures. 
 
 When officers arrived, they saw the dog struggling to stay above the water. 
 
 'Removed portions of his uniform' 
 
 "Concerned for the immediate well-being of the dog, one of our officers removed portions of his uniform, took hold of one end of a rescue rope, and with his co-workers holding the other end, he made his way to the dog," wrote Const. Jason Doucette in an email to CBC News. 
 
 On Sunday, police identified the officer as Peter Colenutt. 
 
 "Both the dog and our officer made it back to shore, cold, but uninjured." 
 
 Thanks for sharing these photos, Paul! The dog and our officer were both pretty chilly, but thankfully okay. https://t.co/iwJFHBFNUQ — @VancouverPD 
 
 Photos posted on Twitter show Colenutt making his way to shore with one hand on the rope and the other holding the dog. 
 
 Others show him in bare feet and a short-sleeved shirt making his way across the snow-covered ground back to a squad car. 
 
 This officer probably didn't expect an icy plunge into Lost Lagoon during his shift. (Paul E. Marquis/Twitter) 
 
 @VancouverPD Such an act of kindness!! 
 
 These weather conditions & temp of water is a risk for anyone! 
 
 Thank U Peter...over & above 👍 — @ShayMoyer 
 
 @VancouverPD you all are just the Best!💕🙌 — @lushuslulu 
 
 @VancouverPD Wow amazing pictures! Good job, what an Officer! :) — @michellesplant ||||| One of these two huskies fell through thin ice Dec. 10, 2018, on an Indianapolis apartment complex pond. His owner died trying to rescue him; the dog eventually was able to get out on its own. (Photo: Courtesy of Indianapolis Fire Department) 
 
 INDIANAPOLIS — A man died Monday after trying to rescue his dog from an icy pond at an apartment complex here, the second death in two days of owners falling through thin ice to save their canines. 
 
 Two divers from the Indianapolis Fire Department found the man in his 20s shortly after noon at the Masters Apartments and brought him to shore roughly 20 minutes later, Battalion Chief Rita Reith said in a news release. The victim, whose name was not released, was pronounced dead at St. Vincent Hospital. 
 
 On Saturday about 250 miles north in Wyoming, Michigan, Tracy Cashman, 38, drowned after she fell through ice in a pond at Battjes Park while walking her dog. Investigators there believe that she also was trying to rescue her dog who had walked on thin ice. 
 
 ► March 27: Dad, who couldn't swim, dies trying to save daughter from frigid pond 
 
 ► Feb. 2: Pastor eases onto icy pond to rescue dog 
 
 ► December 2017: Deputy punches through ice to rescue boy on Christmas Day 
 
 "If the dog was struggling, she would save that dog," said Cashman's mother, Rhonda Moore. "Whether it was her dog, somebody else's dog, a child — it would be instinct. She would just do it." 
 
 Cashman's golden doodle had returned home without her at about 9:30 p.m. EST Saturday, alerting family to the problem. She had a husband and three children, according to officials at Godfrey-Lee Public Schools in Wyoming, the Grand Rapids, Michigan, suburb where she worked. 
 
 Tracy Cashman, 38, of Wyoming, Michigan, died Dec. 8, 2018, as she tried to rescue her dog who fell through thin ice on a pond in Battjes Park in the Grand Rapids suburb. (Photo: Courtesy of family) 
 
 The dog in Indianapolis, one of huskies that the victim owned, also was able eventually to get out of the water on its own. 
 
 Another resident of the Indianapolis apartment complex was leaving in his car when he saw the dog on the ice and the owner trying to rescue it. The witness then left his car and entered the pond, according to Indianapolis firefighters. 
 
 That man also fell through ice but was able to get himself out. 
 
 Another resident heard what was happening and entered the water, too. He managed to throw a rope bag to the victim, the release said. But he also fell through the ice and left the pond. 
 
 The resident who first entered the pond tried to enter the water a second time but was unsuccessful, according to the release. 
 
 Divers located the victim about 30 feet from the shore in 15 feet of water. He was in extremely critical condition and died at the hospital, Reith said. 
 
 Contributing: Amir Abbas, WZZM-TV, Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, Mich. Follow Crystal Hill on Twitter: @crysnhill 
 
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– A hearty Vancouver police officer is being hailed as a hero for plunging into a freezing lake to save a dog, the CBC reports. (Police retweeted images here.) The pooch became trapped after he chased a ball onto Lost Lagoon on Friday afternoon and plunged through thin ice. By the time cops arrived, the dog was struggling to stay above water. Constable Peter Colenutt pulled off his coat and shoes and plunged into the frigid lake in short sleeves. "He took hold of one end of a rescue rope, and with his co-workers holding the other end, he made his way to the dog," Constable Jason Doucette tells CTV. Photos posted on Twitter show Colenutt grabbing the black shaggy dog by the scruff and easing him through blocks of ice to the shore. Others show him padding in his bare feet in the snow to a squad car. "The dog and our officer were both pretty chilly, but thankfully okay," Vancouver police tweeted. It's not Colenutt's first water rescue. Last June, the officer raced into the water to save a swimmer in distress, per CTV; he had just been given an award in that case. Photos of the latest heroics unleashed a flood of praise for Colenutt on Twitter. "An officer AND a gentleman," tweeted one user. (A family dog saved a boy trapped in clothes dryer.)