The Alaskan bush is tough terrain for almost anyone , allow alone an elderly , blind , halcyon retriever .
If you ’re a devotee ofNaked and Afraid , you have sex how hard it is to survive in the Alaskan wilderness . But countenance us introduce you to an older , blindgolden retrieverwho held her own in the wilderness for three weeks alone .
On June 18 , the Kubacki family unit ’s dear pelt - child , Lulu , went missing . " She think everything , " her dad Ted Kubackitold theAssociated Press . " I have five girl , and they ’re 4 to 13 age old , so they ’ve expend every day of their animation with that hot dog . "
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The entirety of the Kubacki family searched for Lulu for weeks , but to not avail . Cruelly , someone even texted the family , tell them they ’d find Lulu — only to then follow up with a " just josh . "
But on July 5 , a construction crew fleck thegolden retriever , who they ab initio mistook for a bear , in a salmonberry bush line the road they were working on . Lulu was about 15 feet down an embankment off the side of the road , not too far from the Kubacki ’s household . Upon closer inspection , the construction workers see they had found a Canis familiaris who needed care .
Ted Kubacki told theAP that when he got word of honor Lulu had been discovered , " I call in my wife from piece of work and it was just screaming . … She just starts shout , then she shout to the tike . And I just hear them squall like crazy . "
But Lulu was in very bad form after her mistaken laugher into the wood . According to the AP , Lulu , usually an 80 - pound dog , had drop 23 pound and was severelydehydrated , unsporting , and had matted pelt .
" I just expected to come back and be like , ' Hey , here ’s my domestic dog . ' She ’s going to jump up and wag her tail and kiss my face , and she could n’t even pick up her head , " Kubacki told the AP . " She ’d been through the wringer . "
But after aesculapian attending , R & R , and intellectual nourishment , Lulu is on the mend .
" lento but sure as shooting she started eat and she was kind of capable to pick her fountainhead up . But then yesterday , she shore herself up on her front mitt by herself , like nestle into me and gave me a kiss and wagged her rump and it was just so great , " Kubacki tell the AP .
Kubacki evidence the AP he was worried about covering Lulu ’s ex-serviceman bills , but people from their Ithiel Town of Sitka had donated century to foot the bill .
" We have our family penis home , " Kubacki said .
