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A dog who defied the odds by surviving for two weeks alone in the snow-covered Wicklow mountains has been reunited with her grateful owners.
On January 23rd, while on a walk on Lugnaquilla mountain in Co Wicklow, eight-year-old golden retriever Neesha and three-year-old German shepherd Harley bolted after a deer.
The family searched for the dogs that evening but could not find them. Returning the next day to continue searching, they found Harley in the car park but no sign of Neesha.
The family used a drone and left a basket of unwashed laundry on the trail, hoping Neesha would catch the scent, but nothing worked.
We went on social media and posted it out. Then a weekend later, we were still looking for her, we were starting to give up hope, Erina OShea Goetelen, one of Neeshas owners, said.
Another week went by. We just thought she was eight, its been two weeks, there was no way she could survive that.
However, on Saturday, Jean-Francois Bonnet and Ciara Nolan, two doctors hiking on the mountain, found a cold, weak dog who could not walk or bark near the summit.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/dog-lost-for-two-weeks-found-in-wicklow-mountains-1.4478977
Blue Owl
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(3,710 posts)11 Bravo
(23,928 posts)Thanks for the reminder.
Shermann
(7,455 posts)Frozen dog? Just sayin'
BigmanPigman
(51,643 posts)That's a very lucky doggo!
yonder
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niyad
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(30,541 posts)llmart
(15,557 posts)This just makes me feel so good right before bedtime. These two young people are my heroes.
Thank you for the video. I so want to believe there are still many good people in this world and this proves it.
badhair77
(4,222 posts)Thank goodness for people like the two rescuers.
Silver Gaia
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(9,464 posts)What beautiful people to save that adorable precious pupper.
wendyb-NC
(3,335 posts)I love the happy outcome. What wonderful people, who rescued "Neesha", and helped her find her human family, even when they thought she was gone forever. What a miracle.
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(145,699 posts)Wild blueberry
(6,672 posts)Thank you.
karin_sj
(812 posts)I sure needed an uplifting, heartwarming story this morning. Thank you for sharing it.