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You lucky dog! Puppy plunges four floors from roof garden... and SURVIVES
Daily Mail ^
| December 11, 2011
| Daily Mail Reporter
Posted on 12/12/2011 6:14:22 AM PST by algernonpj
A dog had a miraculous escape after leaping off a roof and falling 50 feet on to a ledge at an apartment block.
Kai, a two-year-old Shiba Inu, bounded over the side of the roof garden after his owner Tracy Aron took him up for his morning exercise.
The pup had been jumping over the connected rooftops when he took a wrong turn and fell four floors on to a ledge below at the townhouse on the Upper West Side of New York.
The protective fencing that usually surrounds the edge of the building had been removed due to renovation work. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dog; doggieping; fall; shibainu; survive
On the mend: Kai, a Shiba Inu pup, is on medication to reduce swelling after his horrific fall but miraculously did not break any bones
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
12/12/2011 6:16:23 AM PST
by
algernonpj
(He who pays the piper . . .)
To: AnAmericanMother; Titan Magroyne; Badeye; Shannon; SandRat; arbooz; potlatch; ...
WOOOF!
The Doggie Ping list is for FReepers who would like to be notified of threads relating to all things canid. If you would like to join the Doggie Ping Pack (or be unleashed from it), FReemail me.
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posted on
12/12/2011 6:18:09 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: algernonpj
That must have been a heart-stopping moment for his owner. Hope there were no internal injuries...
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posted on
12/12/2011 6:21:37 AM PST
by
Judith Anne
(For rhe sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us, and on the whole world.)
To: Slings and Arrows; Impy; fieldmarshaldj; JulieRNR21
This is great news, especially for those of us with pets.
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posted on
12/12/2011 6:23:33 AM PST
by
Clintonfatigued
(Illegal aliens collect welfare checks that Americans won't collect)
To: algernonpj
Speed of lightning
Roar of thunder.....
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posted on
12/12/2011 6:46:12 AM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Joe 6-pack; algernonpj
Thank goodness Kai is going to be all right. No broken bones! That’s quite a blessing for the pup and Tracy Aron.
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posted on
12/12/2011 7:58:40 AM PST
by
TheOldLady
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To: Judith Anne; TheOldLady
On a news clip I saw, Kai spent three days in the hospital and the only injury mentioned was swelling to his right eye.
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posted on
12/12/2011 8:23:50 AM PST
by
algernonpj
(He who pays the piper . . .)
To: algernonpj
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posted on
12/12/2011 8:31:07 AM PST
by
Judith Anne
(For rhe sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us, and on the whole world.)
To: algernonpj
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posted on
12/12/2011 8:45:23 AM PST
by
TheOldLady
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To: Clintonfatigued
Kai is a lucky pup and a beautiful girl!
However with the protective railing removed, I think her owners could have been more careful with her.
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posted on
12/12/2011 1:47:48 PM PST
by
JulieRNR21
(*OMG ...means Obama Must Go in 2012!)
To: Clintonfatigued
Kai is a lucky pup and a beautiful girl!
However with the protective railing removed, I think her owners could have been more careful with her.
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posted on
12/12/2011 1:56:00 PM PST
by
JulieRNR21
(*OMG ...means Obama Must Go in 2012!)
To: Clintonfatigued
I hope she doesn’t take the dog back up there until they fix the railing.
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posted on
12/12/2011 6:57:04 PM PST
by
Impy
(Don't call me red.)
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