Well, I try to be an optimist and help where help is needed....but I am a cynic at heart...I figure they will always stab me in the back eventually, but I try not to show it. If the dog were still in the water.......I see the dog as having given up....as I sometimes do after doing all I can...I've been 'taken' many times in my life. Took me a long time to realize that you can't help all the people all the time. My dad's fault, I think. I was raised to be a Rescuer...and I still am, but I am a smarter Rescuer now, I hope.