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“Christmas Miracle” Blind Dog Lost In-40 Degree Temperatures Is Found 10 Miles Away After Facebook Rescue
Incredible survival story of an 8 year old blind dog that got loose during a snowstorm in Alaska ,with temperatures as cold as -40 .The family had pretty much given up all hope on finding their furry little buddy alive after several days of searching for Abby.Then a week later, a musher named Mark May ,who is also a veterinarian had found the dog.Mark was amazed that Abby survived for so long as well as she did, being unharmed by such extreme weather conditions,the dog had no signs of frostbite.The owner of Abby, McKenzie Grapengeter had said it is a miracle.
According to the blaze:[Abby — a short-haired brown-and-white mix — disappeared Dec. 13 during the worst part of recent storms in Fairbanks and her family searched for several days in 40-below-zero temperatures before giving up, according to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.]
Daily Mail reports: Blind and alone in Alaska winter temperatures that dipped 40 below zero, Abby a lost 8-year-old Fairbanks rescue dog wasn’t given much of a chance to make it home.
But after walking 10 miles to the edge of a local musher’s dog yard, Abby the brown-and-white mixed breed was found and returned to her owners, a family that includes three boys under the age of 10 – with the help of Facebook.
The dog that the family raised from an animal-shelter puppy went missing during a snowstorm on December 13th, and the family never expected to see her again.
The local community mobilized, sharing the dog’s story and description through emails and Facebook posts.
‘It’s a miracle, there’s no other words to describe it,’ said McKenzie Grapengeter, emotion choking her voice and tears coming to her eyes. ‘We never expected to have her to be returned safe and alive.’
Musher and veterinarian Mark May said he came across the dog while running his team on December 19th, but didn’t stop to pick her up.
He told The Fairbanks Daily News Miner: ‘It ran with us for about a mile on the way home before she fell off the pace, but I had a team so I couldn’t grab it,’ he said. ‘I said, “boy I hope it finds somebody’s house.”‘
Blindness in a dog is not such a big problem, their main sense is smell. Think ‘smell ‘o’ vision’ and you wont be far off the mark. Dogs are also not stupid and can find shelter without human assistance. Not so much a miracle as reality. Especially as the dog was found in a local musher’s dog yard only 10 miles away.