Toddler Safe After German Shepherd Tracks Her For Hours In Cold Dense Woods

Toddler Safe After German Shepherd Tracks Her For Hours In Cold Dense Woods

Toddler Safe After German Shepherd Tracks Her For Hours In Cold Dense Woods Credit: Jeremy Corson A volunteer and his 7-year-old German shepherd named after a goddess have been hailed as heroes for finding a lost toddler amid plummeting temperatures. In Dorchester, New Hampshire, temps were passing 40 on route to an expected 20°F when a mother called 911 to frantically explain that her 2-year-old daughter and the family dogs were missing. A hole where a wooden fence joined a metal wire fence told of clever canines and a curious child in tow. At 3:15 p.m. on October 10th, the word went out to fire and rescue, state and local police, and volunteer teams, and soon 90 people were scouring the deep woods looking for the child. “Everybody dropped what they were doing and came over extremely quickly knowing the temperature was dropping,” Sgt. Christopher McKee of New Hampshire Fish and Game told the Washington Post. “They are all volunteers, doing this all on their own time … the sheer outpouring …