Dog missing in Boundary Waters reunited with owner after 55 days

A dog have been returned to her owners after being lost in the Boundary Waters for 55 days. FOX 9's Maury Glover has the story.
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[@uncontrolledspeech1858]

The man that camped for what four days, GOD BLESS YOU.

[@annnonomys3132]

Winter is coming. It's brutally cold there. Between vanishing food supply and the cold, odds are the dog would not have survived the winter.

[@Crocjb]

❤❤

[@welcometoSunnydale291]

That man who made the effort to rescue her is a hero imo. That dog wasn’t going to make it out by chance and it would have been a miserable lonely prolonged death. You saved that beautiful creature ❤

[@suew6264]

What a beautiful German Shepard. So glad for the reunion!

[@anglophils645]

"Shepherd", not "shepard". It literally means Sheep-herder, the same way that it does for a man, who herds sheep. These beautiful dogs were bred to herd sheep.

[@thaigirl7152]

​@@anglophils645your right! Beautiful dog regardless of the spelling bee

[@tammytownsend5957]

The man who made the effort is An angel

[@Dark_Knight_Rises_Again]

The wonderful man (who also found some other missing dogs) is Amazing!! Bless him.❤

[@candacebouton5846]

That man who decided to camp is a hero. Looking at the videos, he obviously has a talent. Bless that man. Such an amazing ending.

[@drinny26]

The man is an angel.

[@Darci3333]

Im glad someone cared enough to stay in the area and find her and help her.😢

[@kevinjohnson7300]

My aunt lost her dog in the boundary waters last year (possibly year before), dog chased a deer and didn't come back. She was missing for a week up there. They had to come back home and i remember telling my younger cousins who were really sad that the dog WILL be found. Sure enough 20 mins after saying that they got a call from an animal shelter asking if they lost a dog and then sent a photo. The dog traveled 80 miles looking for them lol. The photo they got sent showed the dog just chilling at some random dudes house haha.

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

LEASH!!!

[@kevinjohnson7300]

@Lauren-vd4qe yeah... I mean they were camping when it happened.

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

@@kevinjohnson7300 and my answer STILL is, LEASH!!!

[@cathy2773]

I love watching a true hero at work. Thank you for bringing this girl home to her Mom.

[@dannydanko4627]

Great news! Thankful for that guy that went looking for her!!

[@patriciashevokis3125]

What an awesome camper. GOD Bless you sir❤❤

[@vannarocha7663]

So nice the dog was alive and rescued ❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@socorroquinones9058]

Don't give up, and be thankful to the wonderful, savy people who helped you find your pet.

[@geeewiz2231]

So nice to hear good news. Beautiful dog. You can get small GPS trackers fairly cheap now-a-days I have one for each of my 3 dogs.

[@sotaslots5569]

❤❤❤ so glad this turned out well. To those beautiful humans that help these sweet babies ...THANK YOU!

[@Prettyskittle82]

Wow! What a great guy! Great story!

[@theresascott3494]

WONDERFUL

[@americafirst9144]

I was visiting a different state. We were 13 miles from the house when my dog got away. Within hours he was back at the house he had only been at briefly. Truly a miracle.

[@CharlesWilliams-vd5ek]

Grateful the dog is alive and well ❤

[@sashasabbeth6836]

God bless this man!!!!!

[@juliej5917]

What a blessing! 🎉

[@cynthiagonzalez658]

Whoa 😮 What adventures the doggy had.

[@JudyChartrand-uv6oi]

I was teary eyed listening. Poor girl. Thank God others cared enough to help find her. I would be a wreck if one of my dogs was lost. Thanks to the man who went out of his way to help.

[@cindyfall8063]

Happy ending very nice for a beautiful dog 🎉😊

[@annmarie3520]

That man is a hero! What a wonderful rescue!❤👏🏻

[@anglophils645]

Moral of the story---always transport your dog safely. She's lucky that she wasn't killed by being thrown out when the vehicle over-turned, and was only lost. Transport your pets in the back seat, with a safety belt on, the same as you would your child. All car manufacturers can sell you a safety belt for your pet that works with your vehicle.

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

yes, generally speaking. no, in some cases a vehicle in accident can have a fire, in that case that wd b terrible indeed.

[@sonyafly]

@@Lauren-vd4qeYa I know someone who had her 2 dogs burn when she had an accident and couldn’t get them out 😢

[@JohnThomas-zc7qs]

Awesome story glad hes home😊❤

[@kevinkozkoz4348]

Amazing work! Love these dogs!

[@JP-dw1fp]

God bless the man who found this dog!

[@BarbaraSquire]

Awww that is awesome

[@sandraross4770]

YEAAAHHH🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@tammiea8552]

Get a seatbelt for your dog. I have one for mine. If something happens I don't want him flying out the back window.

[@Bertha-pm4xt]

Would love to see when they were reunited!!

[@junecoulthard8942]

🐾 What an incredible story about Our Beautiful four legged fur friends. Thankyou to the Man that gained her trust to capture her and bring her home. 🐾💕

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

Spent decades canoeing the BWCA and hated it when people would bring their dogs and not keep them on a leash. This event however is different and glad it turned out well

[@firetrucksrule07]

Glad this pup got reunited with its family

[@ShiddyFinkelstein]

Wonderful! One of my worst fears is my dog getting lost on a trip.

[@nunyabidnis5407]

Beautiful dog.

[@susanlewis9351]

God bless that man

[@old-soul]

❤ 🐾 that man is a hero. God bless your heart.

[@janegroom2756]

What a wonderful outcome.💖🙏

[@cher280z]

Thank goodness they got there dog back bc it could have had a sad ending.

[@jacobdubielak]

Leslie is the cutest German Shepard girl ever

[@missy183]

God bless you and your dog 🐕🙏.

[@mariajosephinemata1130]

Thumb ups..thnks to rescue

[@homeschoolmom2384]

Good story.

[@summerfebruary5082]

Bring me tear is Beautiful how people we love animal more human bean bc for me my babes are my angels

[@lichiehrb]

Thank God❤

[@conniewolf7300]

The owner ran into a wall?? So glad she was found!

[@chriscorbin2059]

Always micro chip or at least keep a collar with an ID tag on your dog or cat.

[@user-ii3vn8tn3q]

👏👏👏

[@annieann6347]

Good news 👏 👍.

[@tammytownsend5957]

Praise God

[@jeffcoley668]

This is why I have Airtags on all my pets/family members to me. I want sleep if they are not safe in the house with me. My sleep cuddle buddies.

[@madelyn7521]

Yeah and drive carefully

[@patriciapatriciagray-thorp9574]

Good feel story❤❤❤

[@im-gi2pg]

Drones are very good tools to find pets!!!

[@tammytownsend5957]

Amen

[@suesue2271]

❤❤❤

[@sonyafly]

Someone lost a Belgian shepherd on the 5 freeway last night. Community is trying to find him but haven’t yet.

[@Lkhrobertson]

❤️

[@mai_world]

❤

[@lucyferreira7595]

POOR BABY 😢

[@janepearson5802]

Why weren't the dogs owners camping out looking for their dog . Dog lucky someone cared .

[@dastrnad]

From the photo, the dog’s “mom” looked older. They might not be able to camp d/t health/age. I’m guessing that’s why the hero of the story volunteered.

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

WHATS with all the comments saying they KNOW the owners and that the owners left the dog up there on purpose! dumped it! IF thats indeed true, then they shd b charged, of course.

[@jenpot25]

Dogs/pets are family.

[@mariajosephinemata1130]

Put leash for sure for safety

[@kevinheath7588]

If it was my dog I would of been camping there myself and shouting it's name all day and all night. Something a bit suspicious about this story. Sorry.

[@Bryan-od7nv]

Yeah they ran into a wall and totaled a vehicle to get rid of a dog. 😂

[@RURAL_MN_UP_NORTH]

I know the owners, they abandoned this dog on purpose.

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

WHAT????

[@JohnThomas-zc7qs]

What is right

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

u need to tell the animal control or police this

[@joannavaldivia9012]

❤🐾🙏🏼

[@MarynCantrell]

I have a German Shepard named Fritz

[@dmotta2811]

The woman saying a dog could survive in the wild, it’s not true. Don’t give people ideas.

[@chrisb7142]

Beautiful animal...and I'd bet she ate more than mouse poop and fish guts....! Sorry to the squirrels, moles, and other small edibles out there.

[@oldcrone]

How did she survive?

[@gijane880]

😢

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

No, dogs can’t survive in the wild no matter how smart they are!

[@richardmesser1091]

Many dogs are wild, don't you get tired of being wrong

[@maryperry1773]

We had a big German shepherd who took down a deer by herself. She had it on the ground by the time we caught up to her and made her let it go.

[@soniajames8984]

GOD IS GREAT! SENDS THESE EARTH ANGELS!

[@bradbradshaw-i4n]

moose poop?

[@ronaldlindeman6136]

How would a dog know to eat that?

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

😎 cool

[@Morningdovecamp]

👏👏👏👍🐕‍🦺

[@ICLAIMTHISNAME]

now find all the kids that were smuggled into the country

[@RicoJamesJones]

Nah.. that dog was banned by them.. they just claiming that it was lost..

[@kevinheath7588]

Yep think I'm of the same opinion.

[@richardmesser1091]

@@kevinheath7588 Opinions are not facts

[@foodlaw5778]

A little longer it may start hunting, maybe.

[@richclay4209]

Ah Minneapolis, the great American radical Muslim and communist's stronghold.

[@DeborahLandau-gp2fo]

Sweet story ❤

[@katgrey6239]

❤❤❤❤