Dog chases seagull off sea cliff, survives

[MickS]

Dog chases seagull off sea cliff, survives (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/1016085/dog-chases-seagull-off-sea-cliff-survives)

"She carried on and just went over the edge at such speed...."

[V8Ian]

Cross spanial-lemming?:o

[midal]

Dogone!....lucky.

Cheers
Mick

[Outlaw]

Very lucky... but not overly surprising it was a Springer :Rolling:

[subasurf]

hahahaaha brilliant. I remember once when I was rock climbing, about 40 metres or so up a quarry wall when a dog fell past me. Had ran straight off the top of the quarry. Amazingly the dog only dislocated a joint or two and was fine.

My father-in-law's dog was not so lucky. As a kid his ran off a quarry wall in "Norn Iron" and didn't make it ;)

[Chucaro]

I cannot understand how the high tide can make adiference? :confused:
Are the tides up there "the mother of all king tides" ?

[midal]

Maybe the incoming tide had covered up rocks etc so as to cushion the fall somewhat......hell of a drop to survive though even into water.

Cheers
Mick

[dullbird]

my biggest fear with my dogs!!

the run first and think second....especially eddie as he is a bit touched in the head

[dmdigital]

The Cocker we used to have did this twice off of jetties. At least it was only a drop of no more than 4 metres but it still gave us both a scare.

Spaniels... lovely dogs in all their forms but you have to pay extra for the brain cell.

[MickS]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/02/361.jpg

[HBWC]

good one mick

[MickS]

Binky knew better...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1LkZ7GmTfeA/SkfJtPSihgI/AAAAAAAABOw/6lLiyDaRW-s/s400/flying+dog.jpg

[djhampson]

Poppy's plunge: dog survives 90-metre fall - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/02/24/2828607.htm)

Video of the rescue

Bloody hell thats a big fall... lucky dog!

[Shonky]

Good to see the RNLI volunteers in force. What an amazing organisation they are... such dangerous work, such incredible running costs and yet it all runs smoothly, professionally and on a not-for-profit basis without government funding.

I have always viewed the RNLI as the model on which a certain volunteer charitable humanitarian service I was formerly employed by should be aiming towards. (unfortunately, they still insist on flirting with extinction by pretending we are still in the 1950's...)

Anyway - I'll stop gushing now... :angel:


PS - that is a Severn Class Lifeboat. ;)

[JohnF]

Used to be a member of Sydney Speleological Society [caving club] and wondered how come many various animals got into caves and so became skeletons/fossils [many of which were verticle cave shafts.] After reading this thread will not wonder at that sort of thing any more.

[Shonky]

Used to be a member of Sydney Speleological Society [caving club

How long ago John? I'm a member of Rover Speleo Society - I have gone on one or two joint crawls with SSS... :)

[juddy]

And here are a few pics. of the lucky dog..

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/02/272.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/02/273.jpg

[JohnF]

How long ago John? I'm a member of Rover Speleo Society - I have gone on one or two joint crawls with SSS... :)

Member of SSS throughout most of the 1970's, into the early 1980's. Then got married in the mid 1980's and no longer went caving. Ben Nurse was president all the time I was a member, & John Bonwick was Vice President. Did some trips/cave digs with the like of Dr. Julia James & Neil Montgomery.

Was also a member of a outdoors club called "Span Unlimited" in the 1970's, not quite a foundation member as I joined around 3 months after they started, and was also a member of Cooma Ski Club who had a Ski Lodge at Perisher, for a couple of years [joined in 1972]. And was a member of River Canoe Club for a couple of years, but did most of my white water Kayaking with Span Unlimited, who also did some caving, canyoning, etc.

Now days my legs are not to good, so I no longer do this sort of thing except for some paddling in the surf. But still love the bush.