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HIGHLAND — Family members mentioned Sunday they have been grateful to have their canine again and in relative good well being after the pet vanished within the wild for practically 10 days.
Cory and Kristen Edwards mentioned on Oct. 1 they have been visiting household within the Heber Valley and had left their white golden retriever, Sundance, within the relative’s fenced yard.
“We have been up in Heber and we have been visiting my dad and mom,” mentioned Cory Edwards.
“While Sundance was within the yard, she began to discover the yard and located an space within the again fence the place one of many planks had come unfastened and wiggled her means out,” Cory Edwards advised KSL-TV.
He mentioned he walked across the neighborhood and began yelling and calling for Sundance with no response.
“Eventually it bought darkish, and we realized we have been going to need to drive again home to Utah County with out our canine,” he mentioned. “It’s fairly powerful to inform your children, look your children within the eye and say, ‘our canine is gone.'”
Over the subsequent a number of days, the household expanded the search, placing up lacking posters in the neighborhood and posting to social mediawhich started to generate leads in an space the household thought would have been unbelievable for his or her pet to succeed in: Victory Ranch. It’s situated as many as 15 miles from the place Sundance was final seen.
“As the crow flies, it is in all probability 10 to fifteen miles from the place we have been,” Cory Edwards mentioned. “There was a resident in Victory Ranch that had seen a canine on his safety digicam and that took us up there, nevertheless it nonetheless required 4 extra days of looking out.”
On the tenth day of looking out, Oct. 10, Cory Edwards mentioned a person they’d beforehand contacted in that space was on a Polaris Ranger taking a few ladies to a taking pictures vary when he noticed Sundance about 300 ft off of the grime path on the mountainside.
The household could not get to the path quick sufficient.
“I search for and simply up the hill from me I can see her ears perk up,” Cory Edwards mentioned. “Then I mentioned, ‘Sundance, do you need to go home and get a deal with?’ And she got here working down the path and simply jumped into my arms.”
Sundance was dehydrated and soiled. Cory Edwards mentioned her paws have been “uncooked like hamburger,” she had a pronounced limp and he or she had misplaced weight, however the household has since labored to nurse the canine again to well being with the assistance of a veterinarian.
I mentioned, ‘Sundance, do you need to go home and get a deal with?’ And she got here working down the path and simply jumped into my arms.
–Cory Edwards
They continued to regulate a attainable damage to one of many canine’s legs, however mentioned Sundance appeared glad and confirmed power and agility Sunday enjoying with Edwards’ children, Elise and Walker, of their yard.
Kristen Edwards expressed gratitude as she petted Sundance.
“It positively is an answered prayer,” she mentioned. “The depth of despair we felt, the grief we felt was actually actual.”
Her husband shared that sentiment and famous how outstanding it was the neighborhood helped to seek out their canine given how far she had wandered.
“All of it’s over actually tough, mountainous wilderness terrain with not a number of water,” Cory Edwards mentioned. “Having her again that day, bringing her home to our youngsters — it was like Christmas.”
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Andrew AdamsAndrew Adams is a reporter for KSL-TV whose work may also be heard on KSL NewsRadio and browse on KSL.com and within the Deseret News.
