Alice Wright, from Eastbourne, had set off on a vacation to Wales, leaving her recently-adopted canine, Mila, along with her accomplice at work in Crawley.
However, Alice quickly obtained the dangerous information that Mila was lacking after bolting out of an open door.
The rescue canine was traced so far as Tilgate Park however, disorientated and frightened in new unfamiliar environment, she evaded seize.
Alice shortly joined the search and amassed a rising following of help on social media networks in Crawley and Eastbourne. Sightings poured in exhibiting Mila had crossed the A23 unscathed and was noticed at Asda and Three Bridges railway station, earlier than worrying experiences got here in that she had been seen on the railway tracks.
Lost Dog Recovery UK South printed tons of of leaflets and arrange movement sensor cameras, a blanket and meals to tempt Mila right into a backyard backing onto the railway line, whereas workers from Network Rail searched the tracks.
Two days later, Paul Robins, a UK Power Networks electrical energy engineer, was working in Crawley when he heard a noise within the bushes close by.
Paul mentioned: “I could hear rustling in the bushes… and then I saw her. She growled a bit, then flopped on the floor and I could see she had a tag. She looked terrified.
“I gently touched her back and she let me stroke her so I could see her tag, then we phoned the number on the tag and gave Alice directions to the yard.
“Mila wouldn’t move at all so eventually I picked her up, she was so chilled out. She hadn’t eaten for a couple of days. It was so nice to see her reunited with Alice.”
Alice ‘burst into tears’ when she was reunited along with her beloved pup and mentioned the entire expertise has left her with ‘a nice, fuzzy feeling about humanity’.
She mentioned: “Everyone was amazing, they don’t even know my dog, but they were so kind and generous with their time.
“When she got home she was play fighting with our other dog Jack as if nothing had happened.
“We’re just so relieved and grateful to everyone for their help and kindness.”
