Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos shared a story about their dog Lena on 'Live with Kelly and Mark,' detailing how the pet disappeared for 10 minutes causing panic amongst her pet parents
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos Describe '10 Minutes of Hell' Searching for Missing Dog with 'No Survival Skills'Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously appeared on MTV, The Frisky, Vice, and Best Friends Magazine.
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos, inspired by the incredible story of missing dachshund Valerie, shared a story about briefly losing their pup Lena According to the couple, they spent "10 minutes of hell" frantically searching for their dog during a visit to Palm Springs"I can't imagine you losing Lena for a minute," Ripa, 54, told her husband after hearing about Valerie's adventure. "We did that the other day," Consuelos, 54, responded before launching into the tale about how the pair misplaced Lena. According to the couple, during a recent visit to Palm Springs, Calif., Consuelos took Lena outside to use the bathroom. After the pup's potty break, Consuelos headed back inside and assumed the dog followed him through the front door, but several seconds later, he couldn't find the pet. Slightly panicked, he and Ripa stared looking for the dog and then noticed the front gate of their home was open, which made them more concerned. Still unable to find Lena, the couple checked the GPS tracker on the dog's collar, which said the dog was next door. to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories."And now the wind is picking up," Consuelos noted, adding that, at this point, he was screaming Lena's name into the wind in hopes of finding the dog. According to Ripa, while her husband called for the dog, she spotted a palm frond in the middle of the road. Without her glasses on, she worried it was Lena lying in the road after getting hit by a car. "Now tears are streaming down my face, and I'm running because there's my dog, and she's been hit by a car," Ripa recalled. Thankfully, once Ripa got closer to the palm frond in the road, she realized it wasn't her dog.She and Consuelos, still worried Lena had disappeared or was nabbed by one of Palm Springs' plentiful coyotes, kept frantically searching. Luckily, the mystery was soon solved, and it turns out that Lena never left the house. is now available in the Apple App Store! Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! After coming inside from her bathroom break, Lena curled up in her travel carrier, a spot her pet parents forgot to check in their panic. Ripa described the brief missing pet incident as "10 minutes of hell." She and Consuelos are happy their beloved pooch was never in harm's way, especially since they think Lena has no survival skills. "She's got no survival skills. She would walk up to a lion and be like, 'You're a big dog.' She doesn't know how to be afraid of anything," Ripa added. Kelly Ripa Admits She's 'Still Not Over' the Death of Her Dog Chewie as Mark Consuelos Assures Her 'It's Very Normal'"It takes a pet owner to understand this kind of loss. It's grief. It really is grief," Consuelos said at the time. Angie Harmon Introduces New Dog Who Helped Her Through 'Dark Time' 1 Year After Delivery Driver Killed Her Pet Jenna Bush Hager’s Daughter, Mila, Shows Off Impressive Painting from ‘Jefe’ George W. BushAdrien Brody Adopts Cute Puppy for His Birthday and Gives Him a Special NameFrom Saint-Tropez to Louis Vuitton, Here’s How Karl Lagerfeld's Beloved Cat Choupette Spends Her Multi-Million Dollar Inheritance Demi-Leigh Tebow Reveals How the 'Tebow Pack' — Her 3 Dogs with Tim Tebow — Inspired Her New Book Ali Fedotowsky-Manno Shares Emotional Update on Dog's Health: 'He Still Has a Brain Tumor and Always Will'Nicole Kidman Is 'Really Going Gaga' Over Hairless Cats: 'One Might Be in My Future' Mike Tyson Says He Owns ‘Maybe a Thousand’ Pigeons: ‘Boxing Is Over and Pigeons Are Still Here’ Kylie Kelce Mourns Death of Dog Baloo and Shares What Daughter Ellie Said When She Found Out ‘He Was Going to Heaven’ Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa's Estates Share Update on Couple's Surviving Dogs: 'Both Are Safe' and 'Healthy'
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