Dog Survives Five Weeks In Desert Hole Family Left Dog For Dead POSTED: 7:20 am PDT May 19, 2004 LOS ANGELES -- A family who left their dog for dead after a desert hiking accident five weeks ago has been reunited with the pooch. Seventeen-year-old Stephen Schwartz was hiking with his brother, father and two cousins on April 18th on the western edge of Death Valley National Park when their dog -- Shadow -- fell into a pit. They tried to rescue the dog but the ladder they were using fell out of reach and Shadow stopped responding to their...