r/interestingasfuck • u/Alarming-Studio-720 • 1d ago

Utah police dog survives injury after leaping from overpass

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u/impressive_pasta 22h ago

I watched my 13 lb dachshund leap off a bridge with a 30 ft drop into some water. He thankfully came out of the event unscathed (thanks to the water landing). I was naive, never would’ve thought an animal would do that and now have learned a valuable lesson to not second guess my gut when I think “maybe I should leash him.”

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u/ambushequine 21h ago

I used to work in animal control. Sooo many bad outcomes can be prevented by leashing a dog. Please just leash your dog. For their sake more than anything. Please.

*Buuut I do get that police/working dogs are a whole different thing. I hope they can prevent this from happening again. 😔

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u/hollyhollyhock 19h ago

I had a dog who decided to jump up on a wall for the first time in his life at an overlook with a dropoff on the other side. Lucky boy got yanked down by his leash instead of slowly hoisted hoping the harness/leash hardware didn't break. If he wasn't leashed we would have been looking for him at the bottom. Animals do weird things sometimes, leashes work so much better than "I trust my dog" at keeping them safe.

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u/HighwaySetara 14h ago

My friends cat jumped off their balcony. 😥