Posted on 09/17/2015 7:01:31 PM PDT by EinNYC
When it comes to loyalty, there are no bounds between Tillie and Phoebe.
The pair of canines was recently reunited with their heartsick owner after one of them tumbled into an uncovered cistern and became trapped for nearly a week.
But instead of abandoning her best friend, Tillie, a setter, is being credited with lovingly staying by Phoebe's side.
The exception was "the few minutes of each day when she went for help," according to a local rescue group Vashon Island Pet Protectors which participated in their recovery.
The animal group says it was a neighbor's report of a "reddish" dog frequently coming in and out of the nearby ravine which led to volunteers poking around in the surrounding woods on Monday.
They figured their search would be comparable to finding "a needle in a haystack." Instead when they made their way into the ravine they heard a small "one-woof response" when calling Tillie's name, they recalled in a Facebook post.
That single bark led them to the uncovered cistern where they found Tillie resting her head over its edge. Looking inside, peering back at them, they saw the salt-and-pepper snout of the long-lost basset hound.
Phoebe had fortunately got her paws on some concrete rubble which had kept her out of the water, likely sparing her life until help arrived.
The dogs' owner was described as relieved by their safe return while the non-profit volunteer group is calling the experience "a humbling example of the power of love."
No, I wasn’t born yet, but a great-great aunt of mine drowned in a well when she was 3 or 4...late 1800s.
More than just rabies.
http://www.austinpug.org/4-common-infectious-diseases-spread-by-raccoons/
I don’t consider them ‘cute’ anymore. I consider them dangerous, and their ‘droppings’ are disease laden.
West coast studies showed that 95% of road kill coons were disease infected.
Oh that strange condensation on my computer.
Bless these dogs. What a lovey story.
Maybe the owner needs to see this as a teaching moment.
These dogs may last longer if they weren’t allowed to roam like this, unsupervised. I’m speaking of the peg legged Basset Hound in particular.Maybe she’s too old for that kind of routine.
Wait a minute! Bassett Hound? Why didn’t she start baying at the Sun and the Moon?
This old girl may have never needed to howl for assistance.
She’s like the average American, a victim of her own domestication.
Here’s a choice for a dog owner when your pet has Gypsy Fever: Microchip with I.D., I think those chips can show up on a monitor.
Both my cats, even though they are indoors-only, are microchipped. Because you never know when there could be an event whereby they find themselves outside. I would want to know that they could find their way home, and microchips are important toward that goal.
Good doggy
When my dogs tangled with the rabid coon family, they all had to get boosters that very day.
I was not so lucky.
Full course of shots.
Really sucked.
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