Three weeks ago my brother, his beloved dog Boris and a group of friends went from Nelson,  to the Princeton area to go 4x4ing and camping on the Whipsaw loop.

On the last night camping at Lodestone Lake Logan’s dog Boris got spooked and ran off. Since he wasn’t in the area he knew he got lost. Logan and friends searched and searched for Boris and after staying 2 extra days, Logan eventually had to end his search and go home and back to his job in Nelson.

He and our entire family was devastated. He shared the news with me and I informed the Princeton Bylaw officer Stephanie, the SPCA and made a few posters which were emailed to the various organizations in the Princeton, Coalmont and Tulameen area for posting. Stephanie was extremely helpful and said she was going to post it on her Facebook page. We also began posting the information about Boris’s disappearance on every Facebook page we could find in these communities. On the Wednesday after Boris when missing, a wonderful woman Candace at the Tulameen store called to say she had seen Boris on Monday, and had just seen the poster which was put up at the store by the Tulameen Fire Chief.

This was amazing news, so Logan went back to Tulameen and spent 4 days searching for Boris, and finally on the Sunday had to go home and back to work. Another devastating blow, going home without his beloved dog. Another week when by with no information, until the Friday before Thanksgiving when a hunter in the area called to say he had seen Boris. Logan went back again, to the exact GPS coordinates of where the hunter had seen him. And again after three days of searching and many difficulties like blowing two tires Logan again had to go home to Nelson on Thanksgiving Monday with no Boris. We were all beginning to loose hope, and were feeling defeated.

Then on Tuesday morning we got a phone call about a posting on one of the Princeton Facebook pages that Boris had been seen again on Thanksgiving Monday. Logan was able to talk to the person who saw Boris and to get some tips on the area he was seen and turned around again and went back to Princeton and to the exact area of Wells Lake. He drove back to Princeton and this time took an ATV with him so he was able to get to remote Wells Lake.
When he arrived at the lake he called and called and then noticed something moving. It was Boris! Once Boris knew it was Logan the two were reunited. Logan rode all the way back to Lodestone Lake on the ATV with Boris on his lap! But both were thrilled to be together again. Boris was skinny, but seemed amazingly healthy other than that.

If it wasn’t for the ability to spread the word through social media and wonderful citizens in the Princeton, Coalmont and Tulameen areas putting up posters and keeping the word out and informing us when they saw Boris, Logan and Boris never would have been reunited after 18 days being alone and lost in the wilderness. Our family would like to thank all of the wonderful, animal loving citizens in Princeton, Tulameen and Coalmont who help us so that we were able to find Boris.

If you ever lose* your pet, don’t give up hope! It’s amazing how the will to live can keep a pet going and the love for pets by people can bring them together again.

If you are interested in knowing more about this story, please call Logan at 250-551-7636 or Nona at 250-490-5366.