Kona & Oreo's mom
07-01-2004, 10:51 AM
Has anyone else seen this story? Apparently, a 2-year-old girl went missing overnight and was found being guarded by her dog, Thunder, a black lab. Good boy, Thunder!
(There's a slideshow at the site.)
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/3477398/detail.html
Missing Toddler Found Guarded By Family Dog
Girl, Dog Disappeared From Family's Back Yard
POSTED: 11:25 am EDT June 30, 2004
BETHLEHEM, Ind. -- Some 90 people searched through the night for a missing 2-year old girl before she was found safe Wednesday morning with a family dog on an Ohio River bank.
Daisy Smith was found more than a mile from her home by a Clark County conservation officer taking part in a search that began after she and the dog disappeared from the family's back yard about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Conservation Officer Andy Crozier found the girl about 6:30 a.m. after following dog tracks that led him to the family's Labrador retriever at the site about 25 miles northeast of Louisville, Ky.
"I found the tracks and just followed them," Crozier told The Evening News of Jeffersonville. "When I first found the girl she appeared fine, but obviously scared. The dog was a little hesitant to let me get near her, after I made up to him a little bit he let me bring her to safety."
Emergency management workers examined the girl at the home of her parents -- Les and Cheryl Smith.
"You couldn't believe how happy I was when I heard," Les Smith said. "My wife called me at work last night and told me what had happened, and ever since then you can't even describe what's going through your mind. When they told me that they found her, it was unbelievable."
Conservation Officer Mac Spainhour said the family dog was to thank for the girl's safety.
"This girl has a guardian angel," Spainhour said. "And it's the dog. He stayed with her throughout the night, and in the end he led us to her."
(There's a slideshow at the site.)
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/3477398/detail.html
Missing Toddler Found Guarded By Family Dog
Girl, Dog Disappeared From Family's Back Yard
POSTED: 11:25 am EDT June 30, 2004
BETHLEHEM, Ind. -- Some 90 people searched through the night for a missing 2-year old girl before she was found safe Wednesday morning with a family dog on an Ohio River bank.
Daisy Smith was found more than a mile from her home by a Clark County conservation officer taking part in a search that began after she and the dog disappeared from the family's back yard about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Conservation Officer Andy Crozier found the girl about 6:30 a.m. after following dog tracks that led him to the family's Labrador retriever at the site about 25 miles northeast of Louisville, Ky.
"I found the tracks and just followed them," Crozier told The Evening News of Jeffersonville. "When I first found the girl she appeared fine, but obviously scared. The dog was a little hesitant to let me get near her, after I made up to him a little bit he let me bring her to safety."
Emergency management workers examined the girl at the home of her parents -- Les and Cheryl Smith.
"You couldn't believe how happy I was when I heard," Les Smith said. "My wife called me at work last night and told me what had happened, and ever since then you can't even describe what's going through your mind. When they told me that they found her, it was unbelievable."
Conservation Officer Mac Spainhour said the family dog was to thank for the girl's safety.
"This girl has a guardian angel," Spainhour said. "And it's the dog. He stayed with her throughout the night, and in the end he led us to her."