A rescue dog spent 27 days on the run after fleeing back to the home that surrendered him to the pound
. Cooper, a Golden Retriever, bolted moments after arriving at his new home in the town centre of Dungannon in Northern Ireland.
New owner Nigel, a photographer from Dungannon, Co Tyrone, explained: "I'm sitting here looking at him and I cannot believe he's home. We had literally driven from the dog pound to my home when he bolted. I'd met Cooper a few days before in the hope he'd be good company for my Golden Retriever Molly. I felt she'd love a dog companion and found Cooper and his brother George in a dog pound.
"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. "So today I'm a very happy and relieved man, grateful to every single person who helped me from the team at Lost Paws, Pets Lost and Found Mid Ulster, to the public and DogsLive who offered support, suggestions and practical help. In the end all we had to do was follow a dog's nose home to familiar surroundings. If only we'd known, we could have saved big Cooper all that anxiety.
A spokesperson for Lost Paws NI, said: "Cooper is a clever boy. Instinct took him back to a place he was familiar with. How he did it, I'll never know but he managed it. No food, no shelter, no help, just dogged determination and that incredible nose.
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