My mate's dog.......

[Alec Swan]

well, he bought two puppies, lurchers. One is quite a useful dog, but the other has no sense of self preservation, AT ALL.

He took both of them, and his four year old daughter for a walk, along our local and disused railway line. They reached a bridge, over a road, and as he wasn't really thinking what he was doing, the dogs were pleasing themselves what they did. As he crossed the bridge, Tom the less than ideal, hopped up onto the wall, couldn't stop, and kept going.

I know the bridge, it's a good 30' drop to the road. He heard a yelp. Immediately, he ran to the wall and looked over. There in the road beneath him, was Tom, lying sparko. After a few moments, the dog picked himself up, and started the climb up the bank, to return.

My mate put the dogs in the car, rang the vet to tell him that he was bringing the said Tom in, explaining what had happened. The vet met him in the car park, outside the surgery, expecting to be dealing with a dog, which was at deaths door, or worse.

Nothing. Not a broken bone, not a graze or a mark, no internal bleeding, nothing. I'm staggered!!

Alec.

 

[DW Team]

Wow that's amazing. If it was a cat he would have just used one of his nine lives for sure. One very lucky if some what daft dog. Glad the dog is ok.

 

[CAYLA]

I can belive that too.....my Japanese akita jumped from my bedroom window (only had her a week) left window ajar as had painted the sill, the next thing we see is a huge akita come flying past the living room window (I put me hand over me gob) and OH ran out, she was sitting on the ground just looking as if to say "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" no injury what so ever, mind her legs are bigger than my arms

 

[muddygreymare]

That is one lucky dog! Thank god its ok!
Cayla that made me laugh, can just imagine that! Glad she was ok

 

[paisley]

My fathers JRT had some sort of death wish/teflon coating!

He variously: ate the best part of a bottle of Worcestor sauce, fell out of a top stairs window, got run over, and managed to hit the button for the cars electric window and legged it out onto the motorway (we can discuss my fathers 'relaxed ' attitude to dog care and restraint elsewhere eh?)

He lived till he was 15 years old, the only bit of damage was the small scar on his head from being run over.

 

[lexiedhb]

and they say cats have 9 lives........

 

[CorvusCorax]

Lucky fella. I do think certain breeds have more self preservation than others!