Missing canine is discovered alive and nicely – however house owners cannot take her again

A canine who ran away from her house owners after solely spending 24 hours with them has been discovered alive and nicely within the woods six years later.

Rose, a 12-year-old black Patterdale terrier, was discovered within the Surrey woodlands by a rescue group, and had been sustained over time by individuals who fed her, pondering she was a stray.

She was simply six miles from her dwelling when Rescue Team Lost Dog Recovery UK South positioned her – and so they plotted an elaborate rescue plan to get her dwelling.

Sadly, Rose’s house owners are unable to look after a senior canine, that means the lovely pooch should be rehomed. 

Rose, the black Patterdale terrier was discovered by a rescue group six-and-a-half years after working away from her household

Nicki Scriven, 41, has been working with the not-for-profit firm for ten years and was concerned within the rescue mission. 

She stated: ‘It got here to gentle that somebody had been feeding her for what they stated was ten years and turned out to be six-and-a-half.

‘She was their stray feral canine that they had been feeding, and the principle woman concerned agreed that the canine wanted to be caught.’

The group camped out in a close-by van watching the nail-biting digicam footage with pizza in hand. They used dwell hidden cameras to look at her behaviour and deliberate how finest to get her to security.     

The canine, who had been consuming meals overlooked for badgers for years was then lured right into a steel cage with some rooster, within the Sussex woodlands.

After scanning her microchip, the rescue group discovered Rose’s house owners on Facebook and bought to inform them the excellent news that she was nonetheless alive and nicely.

Sadly, on account of a change in circumstance, Rose’s household will not be capable to take her again, so she can be going into rescue once more.

The household solely had Rose for twenty-four hours when she ran off and disappeared. Since then, they’ve moved away and are now not able to look after a senior canine.

Rose, the 12-year-old canine survived all these years dwelling within the woods, six miles away from her dwelling, the place she ate meals overlooked for badgers and was often called the native stray

Nicki stated: ‘It is upsetting however on the finish of the day we’d like what is correct for Rose and she is going to want rehabilitating and reassessing earlier than she might return to a house anyway.

‘It is gloomy that she hasn’t bought house owners to go to however she continues to be going to be okay so it’s okay’.

On a Facebook submit the corporate wrote: ‘After the preliminary shock, our absolute pleasure at discovering a long-lost canine is tinged with disappointment as there isn’t a “happy reunion” for Rose; she by no means bought the prospect to know the love of her household’. 

Nicki added: ‘It could be heart-stopping, particularly along with her as a result of we knew she had been feral for thus lengthy so we weren’t certain whether or not she would go into the lure right away or whether or not it will take a few days.

‘But it’s rewarding for any canine whether or not it has been a day or six-and-a-half-years it’s rewarding to get that canine secure. In my ten years working right here we’ve had our justifiable share of canine that have not made it dwelling and it’s heartbreaking and soul-destroying’.