SPOKANE, WA (CBS ATLANTA) -
They say cats have nine lives, but one Spokane dog certainly has his share of lives as well.
Jasper McLovin, a golden doodle, and his owner, 12-year-old Marshall Rochon, were running off some energy at Riverside State Park when Jasper ran too far.
"I think he couldn't see over it, so he leaped over to see the other side and there was no other side," said Marshall Rochon.
He ran to his parents for help, "Mom, Dad! Jasper jumped!"
Jasper had jumped off a 300-foot cliff into the frigid waters of the Spokane River.
"He had to hit the sides because he's kind of scuffed a little," said Marshall's mom Michelle Rochon.
"I see Jasper, and he's wet, and he's looking at me like 'please help me,'" she said.
Jasper swam to shore on his own. His owners rushed him to an animal medical center.
With a fall of 300 feet, Peterson expected the worst.
"As a minimum - major fractures, bleeding in the chest cavity, skull fractures," said Peterson.
However, Jasper walked away with a bruised liver, bruised lungs and a scratch on his leg.
"Luckily, no bones were broken. I can't believe it," said Michelle Rochon.
"For him to walk away from this with nothing more than a scratch and something that was easily resolved in his chest is really pretty amazing," Peterson said.
Copyright 2013 WGCL-TV (Meredith Corporation). All rights reserved.
