{"id":745432,"date":"2022-01-12T00:06:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T00:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/12\/watch-dog-who-fled-before-wildfire-rescued-from-snow-4-months-later\/"},"modified":"2022-01-12T00:06:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T00:06:41","slug":"watch-dog-who-fled-before-wildfire-rescued-from-snow-4-months-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/12\/watch-dog-who-fled-before-wildfire-rescued-from-snow-4-months-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Dog who fled before wildfire rescued from snow 4 months later"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Dog-who-fled-before-wildfire-rescued-from-snow-4-months-later.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"O6Jm0BBBBhQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dog lost in Caldor Fire rescued in snowy South Lake Tahoe\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O6Jm0BBBBhQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">Jan. 11 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> A dog who went missing while his owner was preparing to evacuate during California&#8217;s Caldor Fire was reunited with his family four months later after being rescued from deep snow.<\/p>\n<p>The nonprofit TLC 4 Furry Friends &amp; Tahoe PAWS Animal Response Team said in a Facebook post that the pit bull terrier mix, named Russ, escaped from his owner&#8217;s vehicle in the Tahoe area in August.\n<\/p>\n<p>The animal&#8217;s owner had been in the Tahoe area for a temporary job and was preparing to evacuate due to the Caldor Fire when Russ escaped, the post said.<\/p>\n<p>The owner reported Russ missing and searched the area for the canine, but eventually &#8220;it was assumed that Russ had been lost for good,&#8221; the rescue group said.<\/p>\n<p>The rescue team said a skier near Twin Peaks, west of South Lake Tahoe, reported a dog that appeared to be in distress in deep snow, and El Dorado County Animal Services contacted TLC 4 Furry Friends &amp; Tahoe PAWS for assistance.<\/p>\n<p>The rescue team used a sled to bring the dog down from the mountain and he was taken to a veterinarian, where he was found to be in good health. El Dorado County Animal Services scanned the canine for a microchip and he was identified as Russ.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When contacted, the owner was ecstatic to find out that his dog was alive,&#8221; the Facebook post said.<\/p>\n<p>The nonprofit said severe snowstorms in the area delayed Russ&#8217; reunion with his owner for about 10 days.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With the assistance of EDC Animal Services, volunteers with TLC 4 Furry Friends &amp; Tahoe PAWS visited Russ every day to remind him that he was loved until he could make the journey home,&#8221; the post said.<\/p>\n<p>Russ was reunited with his owner Dec. 26.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Happy endings are always welcome, especially around the holidays,&#8221; the rescue group said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 11 (UPI) &#8212; A dog who went missing while his owner was preparing to evacuate during California&#8217;s Caldor Fire was reunited with his family four months later after being rescued from deep snow. The nonprofit TLC 4 Furry Friends &amp; Tahoe PAWS Animal Response Team said in a Facebook post that the pit bull [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":745433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-745432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-odd-but-true"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=745432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745432\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=745432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=745432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}