re: Lost Dog Makes it Home For Christmas

Jesse Johnston — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:36:43 GMT

I heard this story before Christmas. Unfortunately just two days before Christmas when I got home to my parents house for the holidays, my mom informed me that our dog Belle had wandered off and had been gone since the week before. Now the thing is, Belle is a 14 year old spaniel that lost her eyesight and hearing some 3-4 years ago so she finds her way around by scent alone. This has worked out great for her these last few years, however we've had rather inclement weather these past couple weeks here in SE Iowa and she doesn't fare too well during snowstorms. She'll wander in circles out on the frozen lake unable to find a scent trail to bring her back to her doghouse and out of the elements. By the time I had got home for Christmas Belle had been out in the snow, sleet, frozen rain and sub-zero temperatures for over 5 days. We had resigned that she couldn't possibly have survived that long in this weather and given up. Today, Sunday Dec. 28th while out deer hunting on our property about 3/4ths of a mile from our house we found Belle out wandering around. It is truly miraculous that she had survived this long. While being obviously starved and frozen, her face transformed to high spirits almost instantly as she recognized our scent. We scooped her up out of the snow into a warm blanket and sped back to the house. Opening the door to the kitchen with Belle in my arms and watching my mother burst into joyous tears as I told her to come see our Christmas Miracle was a truly amazing feeling.

re: Lost Dog Makes it Home For Christmas

Alice — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:59:23 GMT

Our Aussie mix puppy was adopted from a local shelter and microchipped. They gave her the microchip, spayed her, first shots and dewormed her all for 90 dollars donation. Not bad.