Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Very Lucky Naughty Dog!

Poppy the Springer Spaniel was out for a walk on Valentine's Day when she saw a seagull. While we all know how tempting that is, when humans are yelling STOP! STOP! NO! POPPY! COME BACK!, it's generally a good idea to stop whatever you're doing. It's usually for your own good in the long run.

In this case, Poppy had taken off like a bullet chasing said seagull and chased it right off the edge of the Seven Sisters' view point at Seaford in East Sussex - a sheer 300' cliff over a stony beach.

To her credit, Poppy was hauling ass and flew so far out that he missed the rocks and belly flopped into the the English Channel. She then dog paddled (barking) back to the small bit of shore, where she was rescued by the RNLI (coast guard), which happened to be nearby doing exercises when alerted by telephone of the situation.

Poppy was rescued by lifeboat, cold and shivering, with a collapsed lung, but is expected to make a full recovery.
Surely she should be offered some sort of honorary Quadathlon Olympic medal for this, albeit stupid, feat: Running, long jump, diving and swimming!

See the RNLI rescue footage via www.abcnews.go.com here.

I especially like the rescuer's comments to Poppy (in a lovely English accent): "Come here. Hello lovely. Hello... It's OK. Nice and warm. Good girl. Good girl!"

Note to humans:
Dogs should be kept on a leash - especially near gigantic sheer cliffs!

Original story at ananova.com and thesun.co.uk.
RNLI video at abcnews.go.com.
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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2010 at 8:57 PM

    YIKES!! OMC!! How scary iz dat??!! Pooor woofie! Purrhaps she haz learned about long drops, kittehs, can do, woffies, not so much. But dat would be too big a drop effen fur a kitteh, we finks.
    We iz glad she iz gonna be ok.

    Tigger, Munchkin, Jigsaw and Patches

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  2. KeaFebruary 24, 2010 at 3:28 AM

    This made the national news here in Canada! One very lucky dog, with an "angel" on her doggie shoulder!

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  3. Milo and Alfie MarshallFebruary 24, 2010 at 3:50 AM

    We live on the south coast of England ~ so we saw this on our local news. Thank goodness there was a happy ending.

    Mom said sometimes she can't get over how stupid or thoughtless some dog owners can be. We live just 4 minutes walk from the sea, so mom and dad often take a stroll along the beach. And Mom says she can't believe how often dog owners throw a stick into the sea for their dog to fetch ~ then stand giggling when the dog paddles out and out because it can't find the stick to retrieve.

    She said there are dangerous rip tides in Lyme bay (where we live) and a dog could easily get sucked out to sea. She said when she sees dogs bounding into the sea after a stick she holds her breath and feels sick with fear. And she feels compelled to stand and wait until the dog gets back to shore.

    There are signs up for dog owners to know there is danger. So she can't make out why they would put their beloved pets at risk. She concludes they must be stupid.

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  4. JacquelineFebruary 24, 2010 at 5:05 AM

    Milo and Alfie, you have a very smart Mom!!...So glad Poppy was saved from harm-very lucky baby!

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  5. GonetoTheSnowDogsFebruary 24, 2010 at 8:06 AM

    Oh my word!!! That is so crazy!! Glad Poppy was saved! Poor thing!

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 24, 2010 at 8:37 AM

    oh my goodness gracious! what a daring feat! very glad miss poppy was gotted and that she will be okay soon.

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  7. Amy & the house of catsFebruary 24, 2010 at 12:05 PM

    We are very glad that Poppy is ok - it sounds like her owners were the naughty ones for not keeping her on a leash. Except that really that is much worse then naughty - it is dangerous!

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  8. SuziQCatFebruary 24, 2010 at 12:18 PM

    Glad this story has a happy ending...

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