The Scottish Terrier and Dog News has learned more about the dramatic rescue of Gypsy:
Holidaymaker Rebecca Derry-Evans, from Bath, was walking her five-year-old Scottish terrier, Gypsy, near Perranuthnoe in west Cornwall when the dog started chasing a rabbit and suddenly disappeared.
“I started calling for her and people told me that she had fallen into the sea,” said the mother-of-three.
“Someone kindly lent me their mobile phone to call 999 and after about 25 minutes the rescue operation started.”
Gypsy had first fallen on a rock some 35ft down in a gully and then another 35ft into the sea. She had managed to scramble on a rock but an incoming wave pushed her back in the water, leaving the dog with nothing to cling on to.
“I thought that was the end of her,” Mrs Derry-Evans added. “She must have been in the water for about five minutes. She was freezing cold, traumatised and scared.”
Read previous coverage of this case.
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The BBC reports how the coast guard and others saved a dog that fell 10m (30ft) down a gully in Cornwall.
The Scottie dog was lying lifeless on rocks at Cudden Point, near Penzance.
A Penlee lifeboat man waded through a heavy swell to resuscitate the dog which was then winched to safety by Penzance coastguard rescue team.
Due to the deteriorating sea conditions, the lifeboat man was also winched up the cliff. The dog is expected to make a full recovery.
No pictures are available yet
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Sadie the the Scottish Terrier who won the 2010 Westminster dog show will be on hand as Nestle Purina unveils its new, 84,000-square-foot Purina Event Center this Wednesday in Missouri. She and five other Westminster “Best in Show” winners will alleat Purina Pro Plan dog food.
St. Louis-based Nestle Purina began building the $10 million arena in April 2009. It’s located in Gray Summit, about 40 miles west of St. Louis.
Sadie and the other champs — 2009 winner Stump the Sussex spaniel, 2008 winner Uno the beagle, 2007 winner James the English springer spaniel, 2006 winner Rufus the colored bull terrier, and 2001 winner J.R. the bichon frise — should be aware that they might be the target of vehement Nestle boycotters.
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The B-Town Blog reports:
The King County Sheriff’s Department is reporting that the 10-week old Scottish Terrier puppy that was stolen in the burglary of a Burien pet store on Thursday, July 29th (read our first report here), was found Sunday morning, Aug. 1st.
As we first reported Thursday, deputies on routine patrol heard the pet store’s burglar alarm go off around 4:12am that morning, then tracked it to “A Place For Pets” (431 SW 152 Street) and found the rear door in the alley open. Further investigation revealed the burglar probably got into the store by removing an air conditioner unit from a rear window, before stealing just the puppy, which was valued at $745.
See this past week’s other tale of a stolen Scottie and the Seattle Pioneer‘s previous coverage of the pet shop robbery.
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The Scottish Terrier and Dog News has learned more about the dramatic rescue of Gypsy:
