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Terrier Falls 50 ft.
Without a Scratch
CARDIFF (UK) — A man was walking
with his dog "Charlie" along the Great Orme cliff last week when
he heard a splash from the sea 50 ft. below. "Gosh, did you
hear that, Charlie?" the man may have wondered. "...Charlie?"
Of course Charlie heard it.
Charlie was it.
Only after the unnamed man looked around and noticed his pooch's peculiar
absence did he realize that the Staffordshire Bull Terrier had dropped off
the edge of the cliff.
 The Western Mail reports that the incident occurred at around
5:30pm last Wednesday, prompting the frantic man to call for emergency
rescuers. A spokesperson for Holyhead Coast Guard told reporters, "The owner
said that he just heard a splash and realized he [Charlie] was missing.
"The owner then dialed 999 on his mobile phone."
He was connected with the Coast Guard who arrived at the scene by land
and could hear barking from the rocks below. Realizing that there
was a chance of saving the cliff-diving canine, rescuers dispatched an
inshore lifeboat to reach the spot by way of sea.
There they found Charlie. "He had no injuries whatsoever," the Coast Guard
spokesperson reported.
Raining Dogs and Dogs
(and a Cat)
It was a nice try, Charlie, but you didn't exactly break any world
records, so don't do it again! Dogs have been soaring from
new heights since the beginning ...or at least since the beginning of The
Scoop.
In less than two years, we've had at least a dozen plummeting
pooches to grace our pages.
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Dachshund Falls 15,000 ft.
(but he was wearing a parachute)
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (USA) — Ah,
here's a dog who knows how to do it right. If you're going to fall,
make sure you're connected to a parachute (or connected to someone who's
connected to a parachute).
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Freefall? No, FURfall.
"Brutus" fell 4,572 m (15,000 ft) to become the
world's "Highest Skydiving Dog" according to the
Guinness Book. Ron Sirull (that guy in charge of deploying
the parachute) tells us that Brutus has also been in a mini sub in
the Caymans and likes to "chase" squirrels from the back
of his bicycle. Now, there's a modern dog who knows how to
utilize the best modes of transportation ...whatever happened to
"going for a walk"?
(Aerial stunt photography graciously provided by
Ron Sirull and Tom Sanders of AerialFocus.com)
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"Brutus" is a Miniature Dachshund who earns his kibble by
falling for a living. His human pal Ron Sirull has been jumping with
the parachuting pooch for several years, notably in 1997 when Brutus
grabbed the world's record for "Highest Skydiving Dog" over Lake
Elsinore, CA.
Prior
to that, the record and title of "First  Skydiving Dog"
[not
including military war dogs]
had been held by "Katie", a Jack Russell Terrier who jumped from
a height of 3,658 m (12,000 ft).
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| FAMOUS
FALLING DOGS WHO ESCAPED INJURY |
| Name |
Breed |
Fall |
Location |
Reason |
| Stat |
G.
Shepherd
(police dog) |
30
ft. |
Vancouver,
Canada |
Following
a suspect |
| Ava |
Dachshund |
40
ft. |
Maine,
USA |
Fell
from eagle |
| Leo |
Labrador |
40
ft. |
Brighton,
UK |
Squirrel |
| Charlie |
Staffie |
50
ft. |
Cardiff,
UK |
Peer
pressure? |
| Sam |
G.
Shepherd
(police dog) |
50
ft. |
California,
USA |
Apprehending
suspect |
| Maggie |
Boxer/Terrier |
50
ft. |
Florida,
USA |
Car
crash |
| Ollie |
Terrier |
60
ft. |
Cornwall,
UK |
Slipped |
| Brodie |
Poodle |
100
ft. |
Ont.,
Canada |
Suicide? |
| Holly |
Spaniel |
120
ft. |
Kent,
UK |
8
reasons... |
| Henry |
Retriever |
140
ft. |
Sussex,
UK |
Chasing
bird |
| Oliver |
Cat |
150
ft. |
N.S.,
Canada |
It's
a 'cat' thing |
| Bruiser |
Terrier |
200
ft. |
Dorset,
UK |
Seemed
like a good idea |
| Hamish |
Mutt |
200
ft. |
Scotland |
Trash
fetish |
| Anon. |
Whippet |
300
ft. |
Dorset,
UK |
Chasing
rabbit |
| Brutus |
Dachshund |
15,000
ft. |
California, USA |
Skydiving |
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Apparently, Brutus was the one who insisted on his peculiar career path.
Mr. Sirull explains how it all began: "I started taking Brutus when he would chase the plane down the
runway."
Now world-famous, Brutus can boast being featured on about 30 TV shows
and countless magazine and newspaper articles (but his favorite is The
Scoop, right Brute?).
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So for all you four-footed daredevil doggies out there who have no respect for
the law of gravity, just remember what happens when you don't keep
your paws on the ground.
You fall.
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DOG DICTIONARY
wuffo (w f - )
1. An expression of disbelief,
as in: "Wuffo you wanna jump off a cliff?" |
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And,
as with any famous celebrity, he has his own quirks and
eccentricities. Mr. Sirull says, "His secret vice is a
sniff of a souvenir squirrel's tail I snipped from a squirrel road
kill we bicycled past one
day. It's kept in a little plastic bag.
"His tail wags while I'm getting it out, but once in
contact with it, he freezes, the tail stops, and I can tell he's
hearing the call of the wild!"
See more of Brutus and Ron at the Brutus
TSD Website.
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