Dog who survived 72 days in mountains after owner’s death is regaining weight and back on hiking trails

[JacksinPA]

Dog who survived 72 days in mountains after owner's death is regaining weight and back on hiking trails

A dog who survived more than 10 weeks by her owner who died of hypothermia while hiking in the Colorado mountains has regained weight and is back on the trails.

apnews.com

A faithful dog who survived after spending more than 10 weeks by her owner who died of hypothermia while hiking in the Colorado mountains has regained most of the weight she lost during her ordeal and is back on the trails, the family said Thursday.

Rich Moore, 71, of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, set out with his Jack Russell terrier named Finney to climb Blackhead Peak on Aug. 19, but didn’t return home. A dayslong search between the peak and his vehicle was unsuccessful.

A hunter found his body and a very protective Finney in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado on Oct. 30. Finney had lost about half her body weight and her ribs were visible, officials have said.

Less than three weeks later, “Finney is doing well,” Moore’s wife, Dana Holby, told The Associated Press on Thursday. “She has gained almost all of her weight back and her strength is almost where it was. She is the miracle dog.”
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I'd be careful hiking in the CO mountains. I drove from Boulder to Estes Park to spend the night at the last motel, which was more of a lodge. This was not winter but the road over the mountains was still closed less than a mile from where I stayed.

 

[Sidd Finch]

10 weeks!! Wow. What a tough little thing.

 

[Grand Mal]

Dog who survived 72 days in mountains after owner's death is regaining weight and back on hiking trails

A dog who survived more than 10 weeks by her owner who died of hypothermia while hiking in the Colorado mountains has regained weight and is back on the trails.

apnews.com

A faithful dog who survived after spending more than 10 weeks by her owner who died of hypothermia while hiking in the Colorado mountains has regained most of the weight she lost during her ordeal and is back on the trails, the family said Thursday.

Rich Moore, 71, of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, set out with his Jack Russell terrier named Finney to climb Blackhead Peak on Aug. 19, but didn’t return home. A dayslong search between the peak and his vehicle was unsuccessful.

A hunter found his body and a very protective Finney in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado on Oct. 30. Finney had lost about half her body weight and her ribs were visible, officials have said.

Less than three weeks later, “Finney is doing well,” Moore’s wife, Dana Holby, told The Associated Press on Thursday. “She has gained almost all of her weight back and her strength is almost where it was. She is the miracle dog.”
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I'd be careful hiking in the CO mountains. I drove from Boulder to Estes Park to spend the night at the last motel, which was more of a lodge. This was not winter but the road over the mountains was still closed less than a mile from where I stayed.

Wow. Amazing.
Reminds me of Greyfriars Bobby in Edinburgh.

 

[TheParser]

What a touching OP to end the week.

Thank you so much.

I went to YouTube and found a video with this title: Dog survived after 10 weeks of owner died in Colorado. (Yes, the English is a bit rough.)

Being an 86-year-old computer illiterate, I cannot link to it.

Dogs are certainly loyal friends. They have brought so much happiness into so many people's lives.

 

[Fearandloathing]

What a touching OP to end the week.

Thank you so much.

I went to YouTube and found a video with this title: Dog survived after 10 weeks of owner died in Colorado. (Yes, the English is a bit rough.)

Being an 86-year-old computer illiterate, I cannot link to it.

Dogs are certainly loyal friends. They have brought so much happiness into so many people's lives.

I am not sure dogs are really animals.

They're even smarter than they let us see. They sense our changes in mood and sometimes know when death is coming. I know of more than one dog who alerted a person to another person's medical issue. How do they know?

No other animal even comes close to the loyalty they show. This one stayed by his master for 3 and a half months, living on god knows what.

We train them to find us and rescue us in the wild, Newfoundland retrievers hump out of hovering helicopters to rescue people and think risking their own life is great fun!

There are only two individuals I have ever really missed: My stepmother and my last dog, a Samoyed-Labrador cross. God how I miss that dog.

 

[Rexedgar]

What did the dog eat?

Donner Party comes to mind?

I am not sure dogs are really animals.

They're even smarter than they let us see. They sense our changes in mood and sometimes know when death is coming. I know of more than one dog who alerted a person to another person's medical issue. How do they know?

No other animal even comes close to the loyalty they show. This one stayed by his master for 3 and a half months, living on god knows what.

We train them to find us and rescue us in the wild, Newfoundland retrievers hump out of hovering helicopters to rescue people and think risking their own life is great fun!

There are only two individuals I have ever really missed: My stepmother and my last dog, a Samoyed-Labrador cross. God how I miss that dog.

 

[Grand Mal]

What did the dog eat?

Donner Party comes to mind?

Similar to my thought, kind of.
That's a pretty small dog to fight off the predators and scavengers in the Colorado mountains. 72 days. Well-armed men have been known to be nervously looking over their shoulders for the time it takes to clean their kill in that mountain range.

 

[Lovebug]

The best news I've heard in a while.

 

[nota bene]

I love that doggie.

Remember that bumper sticker "The more I know people, the more I love my dog"?

 

[Lovebug]

I love that doggie.

Remember that bumper sticker "The more I know people, the more I love my dog"?

Ain't that the truth.

 

[Helix]

Rest in peace, Rich Moore. I'm glad that his loyal friend is doing better and is getting back to normal.

 

[Mr Person]

I am not sure dogs are really animals.

They're even smarter than they let us see. They sense our changes in mood and sometimes know when death is coming. I know of more than one dog who alerted a person to another person's medical issue. How do they know?

No other animal even comes close to the loyalty they show. This one stayed by his master for 3 and a half months, living on god knows what.

We train them to find us and rescue us in the wild, Newfoundland retrievers hump out of hovering helicopters to rescue people and think risking their own life is great fun!

There are only two individuals I have ever really missed: My stepmother and my last dog, a Samoyed-Labrador cross. God how I miss that dog.

I'd bet animal mental life is infinitely more complex than humans have thought, and they only just started thinking about it extremely recently in human history. Before that it was "well, it says here that we're given all the plants and the animals of Earth, soooo....."