Great job catching a poorly written sentence!! So my Jack Russell was on one of those line where she can go in two directions. The squirrel got into the zone and kept cutting back and forth where my dog was able to go. Finally the squirrel made a wise choice to get out of the way and went to go rest on the base of my cedar tree. As I was watching the squirrel he was huffing and puffing and a minute later started shaking like crazy, fell off of the tree. I thought maybe he passed out so I waited...and waited... waited...nope not gonna come back, dead.
So, yes the squirrel died and my dog did not. Although after 14 years we had to put her down right before Labor Day. Sad day. 14 years is a long time. I will miss her, I will not miss her hair!! In fact I'll probably still enjoy it for several more years.