A local helicopter company came to the rescue of an eight-year-old German shepherd on Monday morning after she spent a snowy weekend stranded on a gravel bar in the middle of the Fraser River.
Lucy, who lives on a 1,700-acre farm in the Red Rock area about 40 kilometres south of Prince George went on a "walk-about" with Nelson, a neighbour's dog, on Friday afternoon, said owner Karen Kellett. Lucy didn't return home that night and the next day Kellett called the neighbour, Carol Gass, who told her Nelson was safe at home but was soaking wet when he returned.
"That's when we realized something was amiss," said Kellett.
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