Lost Dog Returned Home

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moorx

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3,931 posts

121 months

Tuesday 6th February
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A good news story smile

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-68214684

The poor family must have had a horrible couple of months. Bless that farmer.

garythesign

2,280 posts

95 months

Wednesday 7th February
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What a heartwarming story

Thanks for posting

Michael_B

677 posts

107 months

Wednesday 7th February
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moorx said:
The poor family must have had a horrible couple of months.
Indeed frown

moorx said:
Bless that farmer.
Hmm. If he had not left a pile of barbed/plain wire on a remote part of his land, then animals (wild or lost domestic ones) might not have got caught up in it. I have a farmhouse with land in a remote area of France 150km away, where I go most weekends/holidays. Given that we can be absent for days/weeks at a time, we're always careful not to leave anything outside which might trap/injure wildlife.

dhutch

15,280 posts

204 months

Wednesday 7th February
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Michael_B said:
Hmm. If he had not left a pile of barbed/plain wire on a remote part of his land, then animals (wild or lost domestic ones) might not have got caught up in it. I have a farmhouse with land in a remote area of France 150km away, where I go most weekends/holidays. Given that we can be absent for days/weeks at a time, we're always careful not to leave anything outside which might trap/injure wildlife.
Still odd that she was so far from where last seen, and been gone so long.

Rh14n

974 posts

115 months

Wednesday 7th February
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dhutch said:
Still odd that she was so far from where last seen, and been gone so long.
She was only about 10 miles from where she was lost which is not really very far if you consider she'd been gone for 2 months. Amazing that she seemed so well, I wonder what she'd been eating all that time?


Kwackersaki

1,448 posts

235 months

Wednesday 7th February
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Rh14n said:
dhutch said:
Still odd that she was so far from where last seen, and been gone so long.
She was only about 10 miles from where she was lost which is not really very far if you consider she'd been gone for 2 months. Amazing that she seemed so well, I wonder what she'd been eating all that time?
If ours had gone missing that length of time it would have got by on horse, cow, sheep, etc., ste!

dhutch

15,280 posts

204 months

Thursday 8th February
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Rh14n said:
She was only about 10 miles from where she was lost which is not really very far if you consider she'd been gone for 2 months. Amazing that she seemed so well, I wonder what she'd been eating all that time?
Oh, not far for 2months at all, but my point is its very unlikely the dog has spent a significant part of the 2 months stuck on the wire. Thats how the story ended, but not the cause of her going missing initially.

Rh14n

974 posts

115 months

Thursday 8th February
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dhutch said:
Rh14n said:
She was only about 10 miles from where she was lost which is not really very far if you consider she'd been gone for 2 months. Amazing that she seemed so well, I wonder what she'd been eating all that time?
Oh, not far for 2months at all, but my point is its very unlikely the dog has spent a significant part of the 2 months stuck on the wire. Thats how the story ended, but not the cause of her going missing initially.
In the article, the farmer suggests that he thought she'd been caught in the wire for 4 - 5 days. Not sure how he came to that conclusion though.

dhutch

15,280 posts

204 months

Friday 9th February
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Rh14n said:
In the article, the farmer suggests that he thought she'd been caught in the wire for 4 - 5 days. Not sure how he came to that conclusion though.
No, but their guess is likely as good as any one elses!

Its funny how good you get at making that sort of a call wen you work with animals 24/7 for a lifetime, Same with any other profession.

QBee

21,411 posts

151 months

Monday 12th February
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dhutch said:
Rh14n said:
In the article, the farmer suggests that he thought she'd been caught in the wire for 4 - 5 days. Not sure how he came to that conclusion though.
No, but their guess is likely as good as any one elses!

Its funny how good you get at making that sort of a call wen you work with animals 24/7 for a lifetime, Same with any other profession.
Probably the quantity of poo in the vacinity at a guess....

netherfield

2,788 posts

191 months

Tuesday 13th February
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QBee said:
Probably the quantity of poo in the vacinity at a guess....
Or maybe he was in that spot 4 or 5 days ago and the dog wasn't.


dhutch

15,280 posts

204 months

Tuesday 13th February
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netherfield said:
Or maybe he was in that spot 4 or 5 days ago and the dog wasn't.
More likely