2 Spanish hunting dogs rescued while running through highway traffic by dog loving couple reunited with pawrent after a rabbit chase had them missing for 24hrs, furious rescuer says: ‘I am mad at the owner for his lack of worry’

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
May 14, 2026 11:30 AM EDT

While it would be nice to believe that emergency services might offer a helping paw in the rescue of two dogs. In this story all the saving was left to the dog loving couple who found these lost puppers.

This is one of those dog stories that remind you of the uncaring, unsympathetic society we live in and how important it is to show love and concern wherever and whenever you are able to. Because if it was not for our story's couple protagonists then there is no telling how long our yet to be rescued puppers would have been running through highway traffic. But they could not drive past like the others before them, this couple saw a pair of souls in need and stopped to make sure that they would no longer know that kind of pain. And while we would love for this to mark the end of their troubles, it does not.

For when this couple turned to emergency services for support, their request was met with cold resolve, leaving them once again to be the only ones willing to show even an ounce of compassion to the poor puppers in their care. 
 

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    "I just wish those amazing dogs are safe and happy."
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    We were returning home from a short vacation and suddenly, we saw the cars in front of us doing weird things (suddenly hitting the brakes, honking, zigzagging
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    etc). Not even one stopped though. Then, we reached the point those cars were and well... 2 beautiful BEAUTIFUL hunting dogs were running on the middle of the road.
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    My boyfriend and I were in shock. We were so affected by the sight of it. We immediately stopped at like a sidetrack on the road, and called
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    them, they were clearly exhausted and nervous. We gently grabbed them and put them in the back of our car and they immediately lay down, resting.
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  • Goodness the poor souls. Could you imagine how confused they must have been to go against their better judgement and run in the road amongst traffic? That kind of misguided behavior can only come from a pupper being in a particularly tough spot, which of course these doggos were. Thank goodness for the kindness of canine lovers who will do whatever it takes to help a doggo in need. Who knows how much longer these doggos would have made it if they had to try and keep running on the road. 
     

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    We drove to the nearest rest stop and called the guardia civil, emergency services, even a f* ing animal shelter that
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    told us we can't leave the dogs there, police must do it, but police told us they can't take the dogs, we should took them there. It was a hot mess, let
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    me tell you that. No official service was willing to do ANYTHING. An amazing couple there had a dog and they gave us a bag
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  • Jheez, that is not quite what you would expect to get as a response when you turn to emergency services in a time of need. You would hope that even if they cannot directly help that they would at least do something or offer some advice. But as we have come to find through the many rescue stories we cover here, most places in the world have significant trouble with getting support from the services that should be helping them. And in most cases people are left to deal with whatever emergency they have on their hands all by themselves. 
     

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    Two corgi dogs lying on a couch
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    Two corgi dogs lying on a couch

     

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    of dog food for the poor animals and we gave them fresh water as well. They were so don hungry I almost cried. The dogs were
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    so SO sweet, extremely peaceful and won't leave our side, they wanted comforting and caressing. Finally, a very polite and sweet team of
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    guardia civil traffic agents came (I repeat, TRAFFIC AGENTS, like they have no obligation whatsoever to do that) and checked if the dogs had a
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    microchip, which one of them had. They were able to find the owner's phone number and address, but he won't answer his phone. There was a
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    Two corgis smushed together
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    Two corgis smushed together 

     

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    multiple accident and the team had to leave, but the central called us and told us if we please could drive to his address and check if he was there so, of course we did it.
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    Turns out the guy lived like 3 km away from where we found the dogs, so at least it looked like he didn't drove and abandoned them on
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    purpose but well, clearly something happened. On our way to this guy's home, police called us again to told us the guy finally answered his phone
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    and was waiting for us at his door. Apparently, the dogs escaped the previous night chasing a rabbit. The owner didn't find
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    them in the morning, but he wasn't worried because "they had done it in the past, they're hunting dogs and they chase
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    things and always return in a few hours". He told us he was looking for them all morning in his village... the problem is, they were on the f* ing
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    highway adjacent to the village this time and well, if they have a history of disappearing, maybe build something so they can't escape
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    anymore because they almost ded today. Protect your dogs, for god's sake. They're the most innocent creatures in this world and these
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    were so sweet, good and just pure. So well, I am mad at the owner for his lack of worry (he didn't even called police once), I'm
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    Black and white corgi and orange and white corgi walking through forest path
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    Black and white corgi and orange and white corgi walking through forest path

     

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    mad at the incredible amount of people that didn't have a single f ‹ when they saw them on the road, I'm extremely mad at the shelter and at
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    the police (we spent 40 minutes trying to know how we should proceed and ultimately none of them wanted to take care of the situation) and also at the town halls here in Spain
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    because they are the ones that apparently have to take care of the animals in these cases, but SURPRISE SURPRISE, they are closed on weekends, like, if you find an abandoned animal
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    on the weekend you just have to kitl guess. Animal protection laws are a bad joke. I'm extremely grateful at that couple that gave us the dog food, you are the best.
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    I just wish those amazing dogs are safe and happy.
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