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Dog survives 300-foot cliff jump
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| Feb. 22, 2010
Posted on 02/22/2010 12:59:24 PM PST by JoeProBono
SEAFORD, England - Two dogwalkers said they feared the worst when their springer spaniel leaped from a 300-foot cliff, but the dog bounced off a wave and swam to shore.
Lia Markwick and Stephen Winslade, who were walking Poppy as a favor for Lia's brother, said the canine was chasing a seagull and made a flying leap from the cliff in Seaford, England, The Sun reported Monday.
Markwick and Winslade said they expected to look down and see Poppy's body, but instead the dog had managed to avoid hitting the rocks below and landed in the high tide, allowing her to swim to a nearby beach. Markwick said they called Coast Guard authorities, who recovered the canine after it made its way to dry land.
The dog's owners, Ben Markwick and Kelly Ixter, said Poppy suffered a collapsed lung but is expected to make a full recovery.
TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dog; jpb; springerspaniel
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To: JoeProBono
FIDO thinks he’s a bird.....
To: AngelesCrestHighway
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02/22/2010 1:05:46 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: All
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02/22/2010 1:07:26 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
His name is Johnny and he’s a bird dog.
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02/22/2010 1:07:57 PM PST
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steveo
(2010 never again)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
My first thought was that scene from the movie “There’s Something About Mary”, where the little dog jumps at the guy, or chases a ball or whatever, misses and flies over the balcony railing...
Glad doggie made it OK.
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02/22/2010 1:08:29 PM PST
by
JimRed
("Hey, hey, Teddy K., hot enough down there today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
To: steveo
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02/22/2010 1:08:46 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: All
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02/22/2010 1:10:02 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: All
United Kingdom, UK, England, Sussex, Landscape, Seven Sisters cliffs, view from Seaford town
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02/22/2010 1:12:44 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
When I saw the headline I thought “how could that happen”, when I saw “chasing a seagull” I can totally believe it. Dogs can get overly focused on a chase.
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02/22/2010 1:13:18 PM PST
by
6SJ7
(atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
To: JoeProBono
This will be used to pass a law requiring parachutes for dogs on a walk.
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02/22/2010 1:13:24 PM PST
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HerrBlucher
(Jail Al Gore and the Climate Frauds!)
To: JoeProBono
Pup is in to extreme sports... deserves a platinum medal for this successful effort.
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02/22/2010 1:14:27 PM PST
by
Trajan88
(www.bullittclub.com)
To: JoeProBono
Wow. The owners must have been shaking with relief.
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02/22/2010 1:16:04 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: HerrBlucher
This will be used to pass a law requiring parachutes for dogs on a walk.Only when chasing seagulls.
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02/22/2010 1:16:53 PM PST
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ColdWater
("The theory of evolution really has no bearing on what I'm trying to accomplish with FR anyway. ")
To: JoeProBono
In case you had any doubts that Shepherds are smarter than Spaniels...
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02/22/2010 1:18:32 PM PST
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Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: ColdWater
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02/22/2010 1:21:11 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Joe 6-pack
Gotta love that “WTF?” expression on his face.
To: ColdWater
I’ll bet that seagull he was chasing had some good schadenfreude as he watched the dog go into the drink.
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02/22/2010 1:22:01 PM PST
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HerrBlucher
(Jail Al Gore and the Climate Frauds!)
To: Joe 6-pack
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02/22/2010 1:24:07 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Reminds me of that movie where the group had to leave their sled dogs on their own for six months. The dogs brought seagulls back to feed an injured one (dog).
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02/22/2010 1:24:10 PM PST
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ColdWater
("The theory of evolution really has no bearing on what I'm trying to accomplish with FR anyway. ")
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