By John Plestina, Ely Times Reporter
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Whether it be impressive navigational skills or just a natural homing sense that brings some lost dogs home across many miles from unfamiliar places is up for debate. It's safe to assume that a lost dog didn't hitchhike a lucky ride 77 miles home to Ely.
Doug Dashiell and no-longer stinky Moon.
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Other than stinking like the skunk that sprayed her somewhere along her journey, Moon, a Siberian husky, found her way to Ely across miles of desert and over the White River and Ward Mountain ranges.
Doug Dashiell had taken his three dogs with him for a weekend trip to Tonopah. He thought he would never see Moon again when she ran away April 6.
He had let his three dogs out of his truck near Railroad Valley, a distance he later clocked at 77 miles back to Ely. Moon, who is 1 year, 9 months old, got away when a catch on a chain let go. After several hours searching for her he drove home to Cross Timbers.
“Last time I saw her she was headed northwest,” Dashiell said. Because the dog was headed in the direction of the Duckwater Shoshone Reservation he contacted the Duckwater Tribal Police. Calls to them and others turned up no traces of Moon.
Dashiell had all but given up hope that he would ever see Moon again until the White Pine Veterinary Clinic called him Monday morning.
She had wandered up to R Place No. 1 on Aultman Street Sunday.
In one week she had walked all the way to Ely.
Alvin Molea found Moon outside of R Place, took her home, fed her and gave her a warm place to sleep. Molea called Dr. Tom Sander's office at the White Pine Veterinary Clinic Monday morning because Moon was wearing a tag from the clinic.
Moon had made it home unscathed except for the pungent stench of a skunk she had probably chased somewhere between Railroad Valley and Ely.
A bath was awaiting the pure bred Siberian husky. “I want to get her to where she smells half way decent,” Dashiell said a hour after being reunited with Moon Monday morning.
He speculated that Moon might have fed on rabbits during the seven days she was missing.
Dashiell conceded that he had doubted he would ever see Moon again. “After seven days -- no way.”
He added that he had thought Moon was either dead, turned wild and would not return or that someone might have found her and kept her.
“I've had trouble with her running away before. She's always come home,” Dashiell said.
This time was no different.
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Doug Dashiell had taken his three dogs with him for a weekend trip to Tonopah. He thought he would never see Moon again when she ran away April 6.
He had let his three dogs out of his truck near Railroad Valley, a distance he later clocked at 77 miles back to Ely. Moon, who is 1 year, 9 months old, got away when a catch on a chain let go. After several hours searching for her he drove home to Cross Timbers.
“Last time I saw her she was headed northwest,” Dashiell said. Because the dog was headed in the direction of the Duckwater Shoshone Reservation he contacted the Duckwater Tribal Police. Calls to them and others turned up no traces of Moon.
Dashiell had all but given up hope that he would ever see Moon again until the White Pine Veterinary Clinic called him Monday morning.
She had wandered up to R Place No. 1 on Aultman Street Sunday.
In one week she had walked all the way to Ely.
Alvin Molea found Moon outside of R Place, took her home, fed her and gave her a warm place to sleep. Molea called Dr. Tom Sander's office at the White Pine Veterinary Clinic Monday morning because Moon was wearing a tag from the clinic.
Moon had made it home unscathed except for the pungent stench of a skunk she had probably chased somewhere between Railroad Valley and Ely.
A bath was awaiting the pure bred Siberian husky. “I want to get her to where she smells half way decent,” Dashiell said a hour after being reunited with Moon Monday morning.
He speculated that Moon might have fed on rabbits during the seven days she was missing.
Dashiell conceded that he had doubted he would ever see Moon again. “After seven days -- no way.”
He added that he had thought Moon was either dead, turned wild and would not return or that someone might have found her and kept her.
“I've had trouble with her running away before. She's always come home,” Dashiell said.
This time was no different.
Source: http://www.elynews.com/articles/2008/04/17/lifestyle/life01.txt
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