A rescue dog escaped its new owners and walked 40 miles back to the family who abandoned him, it has been claimed.
Cooper, a retriever, was missing for 27 days as he walked 40 miles north from Dungannon, County Tyrone, to Tobermore, County Londonderry, back to his original owners.
Mr Fleming told BelfastLive: ‘I’m sitting here looking at him and I cannot believe he’s home.
‘It was a disaster. The poor boy had no idea where he was and he was in the wind. I tried to chase after him but he was gone in an instant – so then the search was on.’
He said Cooper was now ‘safe’ and he is eating small meals to ‘build up strength’ and put weight on which he lost over the 27 days.
Mr Fleming added: ‘Even when he was missing, my faith in humanity was restored thanks to the incredible help I was offered, and today with him here by my side and with Molly, I don’t really have the words to explain the gratitude I feel.’
Credit: Daily Mail
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