For about a week, one family who lost its blind dog feared the worst: she may never return. But thanks to a helpful neighbor, everything ended up okay. Sage, a 12-year-old Labrador, went missing and the entire Santa Cruz, California community stepped in to search for her. Then, by chance, Dan Estrada went on a hike and found the lifeless dog laying in a stream.
Sage, a 12-year-old Labrador who is blind, had gone missing eight days earlier — wandering off from her house one night in late February. Sage’s family had searched, put up signs, even called in a professional dog tracker, all without luck.
“Our neighbors and other members of the community helped us search day and night for a week,” Sage’s owner Beth Cole told The Mercury News. “We looked everywhere.”
Dan Estrada carries Sage to safety.Courtesy of Vincent Lopez
