Augie Dog
11-27-2003, 09:39 AM
EDENS LANDING, N.C. -- A long-haired dachshund that washed overboard from a boat in a North Carolina inlet is back with her family -- 37 days after she disappeared.
Tulip weighs about 10 pounds. Her owner says she disappeared on Oct. 19, when a yacht sped by the boat she was in, causing a 10-foot wave to crash over the boat. Another dog was unharmed.
Owner Sally Miles said the Coast Guard searched for the dog, and she called the police. But because their boat was so far from land, she didn't think Tulip survived.
Marianne Orr, who lives about 6 miles from the inlet where the boat mishap occurred, called Miles to say her children had found Tulip, her collar and identification tags still intact.
The dog was full of ticks and fleas, and she was a little suspicious of her new friends. Orr said the children used bologna and a hot dog to coax her to them.
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Now that was a strong swimmer, you think the fact she was a long hair had anything to do with it?
Tulip weighs about 10 pounds. Her owner says she disappeared on Oct. 19, when a yacht sped by the boat she was in, causing a 10-foot wave to crash over the boat. Another dog was unharmed.
Owner Sally Miles said the Coast Guard searched for the dog, and she called the police. But because their boat was so far from land, she didn't think Tulip survived.
Marianne Orr, who lives about 6 miles from the inlet where the boat mishap occurred, called Miles to say her children had found Tulip, her collar and identification tags still intact.
The dog was full of ticks and fleas, and she was a little suspicious of her new friends. Orr said the children used bologna and a hot dog to coax her to them.
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Now that was a strong swimmer, you think the fact she was a long hair had anything to do with it?