# A dog rescued from a mountain: a heart-warming story

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 17, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-rescued-from-a-mountain-a-heart-warming-story/985679 "2023-06-17T15:53:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![jerseymule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jerseymule/32/3155_2.png) [@jerseymule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerseymule)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-rescued-from-a-mountain-a-heart-warming-story/985679/1 "2023-06-17T15:53:27Z")

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A feel-good story from the Washington Post (gift link):

[His dog ran off after his wife died…](https://wapo.st/46bUa4M)

The dog had lost half of his body weight, and most likely wouldn’t have survived another night on the mountain. This story gives me all the feels.

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**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-rescued-from-a-mountain-a-heart-warming-story/985679/2 "2023-06-18T03:48:17Z")

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Beautiful story! Thank you jerseymule

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**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-rescued-from-a-mountain-a-heart-warming-story/985679/3 "2023-06-18T19:24:47Z")

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Yeah. Good on the guy who carried the dog down.

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**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-rescued-from-a-mountain-a-heart-warming-story/985679/4 "2023-06-18T19:31:39Z")

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Wow. So happy for all, especially Riley.

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-rescued-from-a-mountain-a-heart-warming-story/985679/5 "2023-06-18T19:54:01Z")

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Wonderful story.

It was a risky decision. Hikers have to conserve their energy and get off that mountain before dark. Glad man and dog got home safe