If you’ve seen Homeward Bound (1963 or 1993) you might be
under the impression lost dog stories always have happy endings. Sadly, they
quite often don’t. Even when the dog is found, nothing is really the same. When
dog rescuer Cheri Glankler took in an elderly Chesapeake Bay Retriever in Idaho
last June, she could tell the dog had been living on her own some time. A Facebook
posting reunited Mo with the family she’d lost on a hunting trip nine months
before. Mo and the Camerons are happy to be back together again, but a winter
of living in the wild has left a mark. In many ways, Mo is still in survival
mode. Cindy Cameron feeds Mo homemade stew to help her regain weight, but Mo
rations it – in case she goes hungry again. She’s taken to hiding under the
deck and snacking on sparrows. “We don’t go through as much birdseed now,”
Cindy reports.
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