A FREE-falling pooch has forced a family to consider replacing their first floor front windows - after undoing the latch and jumping out three times!

Daredevil pet Charlie embarked on the 15ft plunges after becoming impatient waiting for his owners to come home to Delph Close, Blackburn.

But the latest high-rise antic didn't leave anyone laughing . . . she broke her funny bone in the fall.

Charlie, a four-year-old Alsatian/Rhodesian-Ridgeback cross, is owned by14-year-old Rachel Baxter and her sister Lisa, 15.

Rachel said: "My mum took my dad out and locked all the doors and windows.

"But Charlie ran upstairs unlocked the windows herself, and dived out.

"One of the neighbours saw her doing it and the first two times she landed on top of the wheelie bin.

"But the last time she tried it she got her leg caught on the satellite dish and hurt herself. She's just daft."

Charlie was released after treatment by a vet and can now see the funny side of the incident.

The family also have five cats and two cockateils.

Rachel added: "They all get on really well. Charlie washes the cats - but only the girls.

"My mum and dad are now having to change the front windows to stop her jumping out again."

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