'Miracle fall' dog survives.A SPRINGER spaniel springer spaniel: see English springer spaniel; Welsh springer spaniel. was dubbed a "miracle dog" after falling up to 100ft down a cliff and swimming to safety on a yacht almost a mile out to sea. Buddy chased a rabbit over the cliff edge near Old Harry Rocks in Dorset and landed in the sea. He tried to scramble back up, only to fall into the water again. Owner Steve Kingsley spent almost three hours searching for him on Monday afternoon until a yacht crew told coastguards they picked up an exhausted Buddy out at sea and given him food and water. A jet-skier then gave the five-year-old dog a lift ashore to be reunited "Reunited" was a #1 hit in the United States in 1979 by the Washington, D.C.-based group Peaches & Herb. Preceded by "Heart of Glass" by Blondie Billboard Hot 100 number one single May 5 1979 Succeeded by "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer with bar owner Mr Kingsley, 59, from Southsea in Hampshire. "I went down there for a nice stress-free day and came out a nervous wreck nervous wreck n (col): to be a nervous wreck → estar de los nervios nervous wreck n to be a nervous wreck → ĂȘtre une boule de nerfs . He is a lucky boy," said Mr Kingsley. "It was a miracle he survived. When I looked over the cliff at the 100ft drop I thought his time was up." |
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