14Aug 09 @ 07:00am
COOROY: In a miraculous tale of survival a loyal cattle dog has found his way back to his heart-broken owner after five months lost in the bush.
Two year-old cattle dog/terrier cross Rocky and his owner Robert Brady were reunited this week after the small dog looking worse for wear wandered into the Dryburgh family’s Black Mountain Road home, hungry, skinny and desperate for affection.
``He looked a bit emaciated and very scruffy like he’d been through the bush,’’ Nick Dryburgh told The Noosa Journal on Monday.
``He was pretty lonely as well as scruffy, but he was very well-behaved and responded to commands so we knew he was obviously very-well loved by a family and was probably lost and starved of company.’’
The family spotted the dog early last Wednesday after they woke to hear their own dog, Sonic, had found a new playmate.
Cooroy’s Brady family told The Noosa Journal they were delighted to have Rocky back after months desperately searching for their beloved pet. He disappeared from his Crystal St home back in March. The family had posted signs around the town but they had failed to turn up any trace of their missing dog until the Dryburghs dropped him off at the RSPCA, on Thursday.
Shelter staff scanned the dog’s microchip and were able to contact the delighted owners with news of Rocky’s discovery right away.
``We just want to say a big thank you to the family who found him and dropped him off at the pound,’’ Robert’s mum Meryl told The Noosa Journal on Monday.
``We searched high and low and we put up lost dog notices and we’ve been looking for months.’’
``He’s lost four kilograms but he’ll be all right,’’ Meryl said.
Nick said the small pooch was clearly starving when he wandered into his home. ``Boy was he hungry, our dog’s three times the size and he ate more than our dog does in a meal so he was very, very hungry,’’ he said. ``We certainly didn’t expect to see another dog wander into the yard at 5.30 in the morning, but our dog was certainly happy to have the company though.’’
The Bradys said they were extremely grateful to the family and the RSPCA, while details of Rocky’s miraculous survival were likely to remain a mystery.
Source: http://noosa-journal.whereilive.com.au/news/story/dog-returns-home-after-five-months-lost-in-the-bush/
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