He was somehow uninjured , too .
We ’ve spell before how the predator - filled Colorado Rockies is no place for a helpless darling , but once again we ’re pleased to describe that one of our furred friends survived in the wilderness for several days .
Not only that , but Decker , by the looks of hima black Labrador retriever , last a truly nasty rollover crash , which the San Miguel County sheriff ’s authority described ina Twitter threadSaturday .
Photo: San Miguel County sheriff’s office on Twitter
accord to authority , the red Jeep Wrangler rolled downseveralswitchbacks in Telluride . The male equipment driver had ill-treat out of the car to assist another number one wood . The Jeep started to move , and he tried to jump back into the machine to head it , but he was thrown out . The female passenger was boot out from the motorcar and later on airlifted to a hospital .
primitively , the sheriff ’s office said that the dog that had been in the railway car was safe . But they report Sunday that they could n’t find Decker . They did n’t have to count too long .
The sheriff said Tuesday that a couple hike up in the country had heard barking and howling . The couple used a pick out scope to settle Decker . They alerted the sheriff ’s business office , and deputies and a lookup - and - delivery team then went to recover Decker , who was uninjured , from about 700 feet above the smash . He rewarded his rescuerswith kisses .
Out There Coloradoreports that the charwoman who was in the car sustained serious combat injury . The trail the Jeep was on , Black Bear Pass , is rate as one of the most severe drives in the state , switching back and forth all the way up 12,840 substructure .
San Miguel County was the site of another dog rescue two weeks ago . A tramper was injure try out to retrieve a fallen puppy , and deputy sheriff and a hunt - and - deliverance team then helpedsave both of them .
