When two Miniature Schnauzers went missing near a popular lookout in Cumbria, England, their owners were desperate to find them. John Hampson was walking with his parents’ dogs off-leash when a thick mist rolled through the countryside. Charlie, 7, and Theo, 15 months, were used to taking long walks with their owners in the area, but by the time the mist cleared, John saw no sign of the beloved dogs. He immediately called his mom, Liz, and enlisted help for his search.
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John, Liz, and her husband, Graham, organized a search party to scour the area. They contacted the local mountain rescue team and posted on Facebook and Twitter. More than 120 people and two drones helped them look, but the dogs seemed to have vanished into the mist.
Days passed, but the family never gave up looking. Four days after the dogs had gone missing, the Hampson’s knew they were running out of time. If they wanted to find Charlie and Theo alive, they needed a new plan. Calling their names wasn’t attracting the dogs, but they thought of something that would.
Liz told Metro,
“They absolutely love sausages. They have them every Sunday for breakfast, so if there was one food they were going to come back for, it was sausages.”
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Liz came up with the idea to lure the dogs back home with the scent of their favorite food. It took two hours of grilling sausages near the spot where the dogs went missing, but finally, their efforts paid off. Liz looked into the distance and saw Charlie and Theo coming out of the treeline. Overcome with emotion, Liz couldn’t hold back tears of relief.
The dogs were hungry and dirty from their time lost in the countryside, but they were obviously excited to see their owners—and the source of the delicious smell that lured them back. A vet later gave the boys a clean bill of health, and the Hampsons are grateful to once again have their four-legged family members safe at home.
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