Retriever survives 11 days in snowbank
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HILLSDALE, Ont.?Guinness, the "miracle" golden retriever who survived 11 frigid days and nights in a snowbank after being severely injured by a vehicle, is back home.
"We're thrilled. We never expected to see him again," said Guinness' owner Terry Coward yesterday.
Guinness' story of survival against incredible odds began with a call of nature around 10 p.m. Jan. 14.
"It was extremely cold outside, but he didn't come back in," said Coward.
Coward and his wife Eileen called for 8-year-old Guinness and then ventured out of their home in this village 30 kilometres north of Barrie to begin a frantic search.
The next day, they put up posters and called animal shelters, all to no avail.
In the days that followed, with temperatures plummeting to minus-25 C with blizzard conditions, any hope of finding Guinness alive faded away.
What the couple didn't know was that Guinness, unable to move because of a broken pelvis, a broken back foot and a 25-centimetre gash to his belly, was lying in a snowbank across from their home on the other side of Highway 93.
It was 11 days later when a neighbour called to say his visitors had spotted something moving in a snow bank.
The frozen dog was barely able to move, so Coward carried Guinness to Hillsdale veterinarian Barbara Ann Chidiac.
"He was in severe shock and barely alive," said Chidiac.
The wound on Guinness's lower abdomen, which required dozens of stitches, was so badly frostbitten that the skin had come away from the muscles, said Chidiac.
X-rays indicated the injuries were 11 days old and had been almost certainly caused by a motor vehicle, said Chidiac.
"His survival defies any explanation. I have never seen anything like it before. It's miraculous," said Chidiac.
It probably helped that Guinness was overweight and body fat combined with snow acted as insulation against the bitter cold, Chidiac said.
Just to let AT know, The Toronto Star is like the major publication in Canada (the national and sun suck before anyone says its one of those 😛), so its not a BS story.
In addition the radio just said they think it was a snowplow that put him in the snow bank and covered him.
Taken from site:
HILLSDALE, Ont.?Guinness, the "miracle" golden retriever who survived 11 frigid days and nights in a snowbank after being severely injured by a vehicle, is back home.
"We're thrilled. We never expected to see him again," said Guinness' owner Terry Coward yesterday.
Guinness' story of survival against incredible odds began with a call of nature around 10 p.m. Jan. 14.
"It was extremely cold outside, but he didn't come back in," said Coward.
Coward and his wife Eileen called for 8-year-old Guinness and then ventured out of their home in this village 30 kilometres north of Barrie to begin a frantic search.
The next day, they put up posters and called animal shelters, all to no avail.
In the days that followed, with temperatures plummeting to minus-25 C with blizzard conditions, any hope of finding Guinness alive faded away.
What the couple didn't know was that Guinness, unable to move because of a broken pelvis, a broken back foot and a 25-centimetre gash to his belly, was lying in a snowbank across from their home on the other side of Highway 93.
It was 11 days later when a neighbour called to say his visitors had spotted something moving in a snow bank.
The frozen dog was barely able to move, so Coward carried Guinness to Hillsdale veterinarian Barbara Ann Chidiac.
"He was in severe shock and barely alive," said Chidiac.
The wound on Guinness's lower abdomen, which required dozens of stitches, was so badly frostbitten that the skin had come away from the muscles, said Chidiac.
X-rays indicated the injuries were 11 days old and had been almost certainly caused by a motor vehicle, said Chidiac.
"His survival defies any explanation. I have never seen anything like it before. It's miraculous," said Chidiac.
It probably helped that Guinness was overweight and body fat combined with snow acted as insulation against the bitter cold, Chidiac said.
Just to let AT know, The Toronto Star is like the major publication in Canada (the national and sun suck before anyone says its one of those 😛), so its not a BS story.
In addition the radio just said they think it was a snowplow that put him in the snow bank and covered him.
