A 6-yr-old girl who had been begging Santa to bring her two missing dogs home broke down in tears of joy when her parents located the beloved pets in a field on Monday evening.
The one-year-old Bulldog named Lady and the eight-month-old Pug went missing after slipping out through a gap in the fence at the back of the Mackey family home in Robinstown, Co Meath, on the afternoon of Sunday, November 30th, reports Breaking News.
Little Rylee had become so heartbroken that she told Santa she didn’t want any gifts this Christmas – just to have her two cherished dogs returned to the family.
Fortunately, following days of intensive searching, the Mackeys finally discovered the dogs in a field just 2km from their house after receiving a phone call from a woman who heard barking on Monday night, reports Breaking News.
“I think it was pure chance that we got a call from a lady who heard dogs barking in a field near her home,” said Rylee’s mum Falynn.
“We couldn’t get to them because of a river so we had to drive over four fields to where they were. My husband Steve stayed close to the river to keep talking to them, so they heard his voice and didn’t run away.
“They were absolutely terrified when we got them,” reports Breaking News.
The Mackeys immediately took both dogs to the vet, who confirmed they were healthy despite each having lost 3kg during their ordeal.
Yet Falynn now suspects the dogs might have been deliberately abandoned in the field following widespread media and social-media attention about their disappearance, reports Breaking News.
“I have no idea if they were roaming through the countryside all this time, but if they were, they are the cleanest dogs to ever live in fields for eight days.
“We rubbed them down with a white towel when we got them – and that towel was still white afterwards.
“I just want to say a huge thank you to that lady and her family who rang me and to everyone who contacted me and shared our posts over the last few weeks,” reports Breaking News.
Falynn said both Rylee and her three-year-old brother Luke “burst into tears” the moment they were reunited with their pets.
“They were just devastated for the last few weeks, we all were.
“Rylee turned to me and said, I’m glad we got them home, Mam and now I can ask Santa to bring me a Jasmine dress.
“The costume from Aladdin is all she wants from Santa so the dogs must mean the world to her for her to give it up for them for Christmas. She definitely got her Christmas wish early!” reports Breaking News.
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