Shih Tzu Puppy Stranded at Sea Saved from Certain Doom by Paddleboarder with a Heart of Gold Neetzan Zimmerman · 10/19/12 03:35PM Despite being exhausted from having paddled nearly 600 miles from Cornwall on his way to London, an extreme rower from the Isle of Wight had to take an unplanned detour to save a Shih Tzu puppy that had become stranded at sea off the coast of Kent.