Dog walker loses samoyed pup in forest, causing 1,000 people, a plane and helicopter to set off on a 7 day search & rescue mission, until the canine returned surprisingly: ‘ Matted, full of sticks etc. However had a full belly and was perfectly healthy.’

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    "She was lazing under a giant willow tree without a care in the world." ENGINEERING Aukan Mase Spec
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    A dog walker lost her on a pack walk in a forest about 30km from our home. My husband and I camped in this forest for a week
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    next to a bunch of bee hives and walked every day around the tracks to find her, most days walking 40+km. I was 6months pregnant and we
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    had a toddler at home with his granny. There were at least 1000 people who came out to help us, and a small plane + airforce helicopter
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    helped too. The bush was too thick for them to see much at all. We had all the local dog trainers involved. We got clearance to bring a
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    vehicle in on day 4 (there are 'roads' but they are closed to public) and that made covering ground so much easier. She went wild, and
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    wouldn't come near us even when my husband got within 10m on day 1 - she looked at him and ran the other way. We would hear her howls in the night which gave us hope
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    and we knew we were still in the right area. This continued until day 7 we hadn't had a sighting of her in 48hours nor heard her howls. We were worried that this
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    meant she'd possibly been attacked by a wild animal or something. On the evening in day 7 she was spotted in a nearby farm, and when i got
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    there she was lazing under a giant willow tree without a care in the world. It took 4 hours of full on chase (the lye down and let her come to you didn't work) that ended with my
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    husband running over his sisters foot (she saw charley when they were driving and just jumped out of the car) and charley getting such a fright from the yell that
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    she ran over and jumped in the open car door and started whimpering. Every piece of advice from the experts said move slowly, don't call or make
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    noises, lay down flat etc. None of this worked AT ALL for us. Literally the scream and shout gave her enough of a fright to some how snap back into reality.
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    She was matted, full of sticks etc. However had a full belly and was perfectly healthy. We had to shave her for the vet to examine her totally for ticks and abrasions - plus she was traumatized
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    and brushing it all out was upsetting her terribly.
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    Mar... What an amazing story. Glad you're all together again.

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