It should be said that this was no ordinary fall, and by that measure Yoll is no ordinary dog.

On Saturday morning, the Dallas police dog fell four stories into an elevator shaft and nonetheless walked into the vet's office like a superhero with paws.

Yoll's legend was born just after 10 a.m., when police responded to a call of a theft at a building on Scyene Road and called for a K9 unit to help with the search for a suspect.

During a search of the building, a department press release said, Yoll "suffered a fall" — a modest way of describing what actually happened.

Yoll was taken to a veterinary hospital but walked in on his own. Just after midday Saturday, Dallas police Maj. Max Geron posted a tweet saying Yoll had suffered a leg laceration but was in good spirits.

That was followed by an update from the dog's handler, Senior Cpl. Susan Millard, reporting that other than two small scrapes on his feet, Yoll was just fine.