A dog who defied the odds by surviving for two weeks alone in the snow-covered Wicklow mountains has been reunited with her grateful owners. On January 23rd, while on a walk on Lugnaquilla mountain in Co Wicklow, eight-year-old golden retriever Neesha and three-year-old German shepherd Harley bolted after a deer. Then a weekend later, we were still looking for her, we were starting to give up hope,” Erina O’Shea Goetelen, one of Neesha’s owners, said. Mrs O’Shea Goetelen said: “On Saturday, I had a voicemail from this girl called Ciara Nolan. Weight lossNeesha lost a third of her body weight while on the mountain, and developed dermatitis, but Mrs O’Shea Goetelen said she was back to her usual self.

Source: The Irish Times February 08, 2021 12:25 UTC