Posted on 09/22/2019 11:49:49 AM PDT by Innovative
Emaciated, but healthy. Happy ending.
Did Brian Williams find it for them?
It’s been a rough morning for me, so I sure am glad I read this post. I also love Kalispell. Thanks!
Good dog!
Good grief, how did they find him? where? (paper won’t let me play Reindeer Games.)
They found him out on the street, after much-much looking.
The article details everything they tried, everywhere they looked, they even had good-hearted people trying to help.
It took a long time and a lot of effort, but it was worth it.
Happy dog, happy couple.
I just watched a great story called “A Dogs Way Home”. It is on STARS on Demand. Very emotional but great ending. Dog was missing for over two years and went through all kinds of trials to finally get home. This is not a true story but a great one nevertheless. Recommend this to all dog lovers like myself.
A wonderful story.
I know Borders are smart, but how did she get out of a locked room?
“Their 7-year-old Border collie, Katie, was no longer in the room. She had apparently managed to unlatch the door, possibly spooked by a thunderstorm that had swept through the area.”
Bull-loney. Someone let that dog out. Hotel doors are often tremendously hard to open. That dog was probably barking and barking and barking. The Staff had had enough and out goes the dog.
So the dog was near the hotel all the time.
She might well have been let out. And I wonder why it took her so long to respond to the shouting of her name by her people and others....Apparently she was having a really good time out there.
My well-behaved Welsh Corgi, Joe, always walked on a leash. One day he got out and ran to the beach (a block away) where he joined a pack of perhaps 15 dogs who were running and barking nonstop, first three miles north along the water, then back three miles south, then north, then south....mangy curs, basically. I could see Joe, but he wouldn’t listen to my call. Two days later, he arrived home, barely made it through the door and fell sound asleep nose down on the floor for a very long time. Glad he had his adventure and got it out of his system.
I’ve known Brittanys that could turn doorknobs and move latches. A cheap motel might have cheap doorknobs. Better chains have much better doors that I doubt smart dogs could manipulate.
Probably called room service and when they came and opened the door, she likely bolted out...........
i love that they left a hand written note to their dog.
Back in the 70's, my parents had cabin in the woods in northern Michigan that they would weekends and summer holidays and vacations up there. They also had two dogs, a big German Shepherd and a medium sized poodle that were inseparable.
One week in July when mom and dad were up at the cabin, the two dogs wandered off and ultimately got lost. Mom and dad spent three days driving the logging trails looking for those two goof balls and would drop off articles of clothing hoping they would find one and settle on it. Dad even left a hunting jacket on the side of a trail that someone actually picked up and took it.
At the end of day three and a full day of searching, they drove into the small town of McKinley which was only about 3 miles away to have supper in the only bar and restaurant in town. (didn't even have a gas station).
To their amazement, behind the bar were the two dogs sound asleep. They had wandered into the town that evening and the bar owner, recognizing them, took them in.
They must have had one heck of a time since they had porcupine quills in their faces and reeked of skunk spray.........LOL!
Ever since, the family always referred to that event as Zarek and Poco's Great Adventure.........
My Brittany is cute.... sweet... and points birds well. Open doors or do anything very cognative......not a chance.
It’s great that your story had a happy ending too. Thanks for sharing.
LOL
Brittanys are generally dumb. My father bred a few and had several top specimens that were very unusual, at least to me.
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