No matter how closely people watch over their pets, life still finds ways to throw in a frightening surprise.
That was the case for Layla, a twelve year old Anatolian shepherd, who gave her Maryland family a terrible scare after disappearing from their backyard during a severe thunderstorm.
Somewhere in all that noise and confusion, Layla went over the steep edge of a ravine. With arthritis already making movement difficult, she could not pull herself back up through the slick mud and dense brush…