SANDWICH (CBS) – A story straight out of a Disney movie. Two golden retrievers were lost in the woods, and trapped for two weeks before one of the dogs broke free and led others back to his brother.
Baxter and Bailey were tied together with a double leash in front of their home on September 26th. Somehow they got loose and ran away.
Their owner, Penny Blackwell, was heartbroken. She put up flyers and begged for help on Facebook. The online posts went viral with friends and neighbors vowing to help. But two weeks passed and there was still no sign of Baxter or Bailey.
“I had pretty much given up hope that they were going to come home,” Penny said.
Then a message, while she was away on a business trip, Penny got a message she almost didn’t believe.
“My friend sent me a text message that said give me a call I think I have one of your dogs.”
Turns out a family who had seen the Facebook posts had found Baxter wandering near their house. Now he had a job, tracking down his brother.
Penny took Baxter back near the area where he’d been found.
“Baxter kind of led me off the side through the woods. I had twigs in my eyes and leaves in my hair,” Penny says. Baxter kept pulling Penny down the path until finally they came upon Bailey with his leash all wrapped up around some bushes.
“I could hardly get him untied because he was jumping on me and jumping on Baxter because he was so happy to see us.”
Penny thinks her goldens spent most of the two weeks trapped together, until Baxter broke free. Then she believes he kept going back to check on Bailey.
“I can’t imagine what they lived on. It rained a lot,” she said.
Just days after finding their way home, the two dogs are hungry. They each lost 8 to 10 pounds, but otherwise are in good health.
They are staying close and giving extra love to a thankful owner who never thought she’d see their faces again. “Baxter’s a hero for taking me there,” Penny says.
Hankies at the ready
Hankies at the ready
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Oh what a relief....
I have to tell you I hesitated a long time before opening a thread from Strop with the title, "Hankies at the ready"....
I have to tell you I hesitated a long time before opening a thread from Strop with the title, "Hankies at the ready"....
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“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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doggone..........what a tear-jerker 
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
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Lord Jim wrote:Oh what a relief....
I have to tell you I hesitated a long time before opening a thread from Strop with the title, "Hankies at the ready"....
I thought he'd run out of TP.
Again
The dog story was better
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
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Dogs are loyal, not just to their owners, their pack also.
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So now you know why they are called 'retrievers'.
What else would you expect to happen?
If they were pit bulls, the one that got loose would just go and attack another dog or human.
If they were chihuahuas, the one that got loose would head for the Mexican border.
If they were St. Bernards, the one that got loose would go and get some brandy and bring it back to his buddy.
If they were German Shepherds, they wouldn't have gotten tangled up in the first place.
What else would you expect to happen?
If they were pit bulls, the one that got loose would just go and attack another dog or human.
If they were chihuahuas, the one that got loose would head for the Mexican border.
If they were St. Bernards, the one that got loose would go and get some brandy and bring it back to his buddy.
If they were German Shepherds, they wouldn't have gotten tangled up in the first place.
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If two male golden retrievers are lost in the woods and bark for help but there's no woman to hear them....
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
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If two cats got lost in the woods, would anyone care?
im a cat fancier - nobody OWNS a cat.
im a cat fancier - nobody OWNS a cat.
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
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Not me.
Not a cat fancier.
Not a cat fancier.