Dog Survives 300-Foot Fall After Leaping Off Cliff

Dog Survives 300-Foot Fall After Leaping Off Cliff
View from the bottom of the cliff where Toby, a 1-year-old English Sheepdog poodle landed at Gooseberry Mesa in Washington County. Photo: Washington County Sheriff's Office
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Toby, a 1-year-old English Sheepdog poodle, leapt off a cliff at Gooseberry Mesa in Washington County on April 7 during a trail ride with his owners—the McInnes family—falling nearly 300 feet.

“The boys were right there with me; they saw him jump,” said Ben McInnes, Toby’s owner.

 The owner thinks Toby spotted something and ran off.

[pullquote author=Ben McInnes"" org="owner"]For a split second you hope that he landed on something, but I knew there was nothing over there.[/pullquote]