I was out with the dog Saturday afternoon and obviously nude, it was 5 degrees but the sun was out. After about an hour it was dropping dark so headed for home.
Then without warning I lost sight of the dog. After an hour of calling and blowing the whistle she always returns to, there was no sign of her and it was pitch black on Budby common.
I spent another 30 minutes and then made the hard decision to return to the car and call for assistance from my family.
15 minutes later and six of us were searching the common and adjoining forest, we wer joined by two friends with their dogs, thinking they might attract my dog but to no avail. Two complete strangers joined the search after a friend put it on face book.
At about 10.30 everyone was cold and worn out so headed home. I carried on by myself and was actually prepared to be out all night. I can tell you that Budby Common and Sherwood forest are not nice places at the dead of night.
I re traced many of the usual walks we do on a regular basis and those bloody long horn cattle frighten you to death in the dark.
At 11.50 and 5 and a half hours of searching I found her, 20 yards from where I first lost her even though I'd searched there four other times.
I cant tell you how relieved I was.
I must have walked more than 25 miles in the pitch black, this morning I can hardly walk.
I love my dog!
We would do the same as you if our dog was lost. Glad you found her ok.
Rob
Glad it ended well.
Regarding Budby, in the summer it can be magical at night with the nightjars and other wildlife, especially if warm enough to be nude.
I would have done the same for our dog a lot more than I would for a lot of people I know...
Davey
I know its irrelevant to the story, but what kind of a dog is it?
Cocker spaniel
lol, same here. i know what you mean. they catch a scent and they are off. there is nothing you can do about it, it is the worker in them.
Many years ago, (early 70's) we went camping at Reighton gap on the North East coast, near Filey. The camp site was at the top of some fairly steep cliffs. One day we drove to Filey and went on the beach. We had a little Jack Russell dog who loved to run on the beach. He ran off and we couldn't find him anywhere. We searched everywhere for a couple of hours. He was nowhere to be seen. We eventually had to give up and we were all upset as we drove back to the camp site. My tent was a ridge tent with three zips which met at the bottom of the entrance. The zips where slightly open and when I opened the tent, who should be lying on my sleeping bag but my little dog! He not only found his way back to the campsite (about five miles away) but he managed to locate my tent, amongst hundreds of other tents! They are amazing creatures!
'A nudist resort is simply a place where men and women meet and air their differences'."
Years ago we had a Yorkshire terrier. While out walking naked one day I head a terrible screaming noise, it was the dog got itself ravelled up in an electric fence. Believe me its no fun trying to free a dog from an electric fence with your bare hands when you are naked. I have no idea how the dog survived but when I eventually got her out she ran off back to our caravan about a mile away which had only been parked there 2 days. You should have seen the look she gave me when I returned, you would have thought that it was me who electrocuted her.
I too have a dog, but I have low trust now - so as soon as it starts to get dark even in remote areas - I put the lead on, all too often he sees a rabbit or something and off he goes - then you are standing there waiting and hoping he will come back 95% of the time no problem - but that 5% especially at night - well you know the feeling!