Well, he actually isn't named Cujo and, of course, we've reported on more than one plummeting dog here at Blue Crab Boulevard (and a few other things as well ). But Jet, a black lab decided he could fly. And he did, too. Well, until the sudden stop – six stories below.
TAMPA, Fla. – Authorities say a Labrador retriever named Jet really can fly. The 65-pound dog survived a six story leap from a Tampa airport parking garage and lived.
Police and Jet's owners and vet say the 2-year old dog accidentally leaped over a parking garage railing on New Year's Eve and walked away from the landing — 60 to 80 feet below.
Jet spent the night at a vet's office with a collapsed lung and some cuts and bruises. But by the next day, the dog was getting antsy again.
They're lucky they didn't have to rename him Pancake. Having observed the newest staff puppy here at the Crabitat, we have a theory on bouncing dogs: they probably eat rubber toys when they are young. Which means that the new staff puppy will reach orbit if she decides to jump off any high structures. (She's very hard on her toys.)
Dogs and people are not in the same survival league. An ex-reporter was just killed in Colorado, I think because he was skiing and went off the trail and hit a tree. A dog would have just bounced off it.
I read about a dog that was shot by an errant sheriff with a rifle five times, the owner later discovered was still alive the next day and then decided to take the dog to a vet. It survived.