The start of the school holidays. The motorway busy with cars heading off to the ski resorts south of Toulouse. Around us the snow rapidly disappearing under the winter sun.
Good news. Earlier in the week the local Post Lady informed all the other factrices that two Goldens had gone missing. Yesterday, the Post Lady three valleys over sees two dogs behind the village church. The French teacher drives over. She spends three hours there. Not a sight nor sound. Something makes her go back again in the afternoon. She looks around for half an hour and then just as dusk falls they appear. The elder bounds over to see her. The second, aware that he's done something wrong, takes a little coaxing to get into the car.
A bottle of Burgundy dropped off to help her celebrate. The restorative effect of the re-union apparent for all to see. A great end to the week.
Bob and Sophie continue to enjoy life with a level of energy that puts their owners to shame.
And yes, Scotland lost : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsulWjK2_6g
Wonderful news about the Goldens, just wonderful. What a huge relief. One wonders exactly where they had sheltered?
ReplyDeleteThey've got cuts around their mouths - nothing serious - but a sign they've been foraging in the bins and learning to lick inside old cans !
DeleteGreat news - 1. Dogs found; 2. 15 - 8!
ReplyDelete3. Rory Kockott - a local lad from my home town!
Agree with you on #1 !
DeleteWhat wonderful, wonderful news! My husband and I have been praying for a miracle, and on the third day the teacher got hers! We are overjoyed with her.
ReplyDeleteGreat news. Even better - it was five days away in freezing temperatures and more worryingly four snowy nights ! .
DeleteHuge smiles and much relief - from the Westcoast of Canada!!!!!!! Just like our friend with the long-missing Maine Coon Cat, miracles do happen.
ReplyDeleteWonderful that the French teacher returned a second time……..and found her boys. Simply wonderful. Moral - never ever give up. We dog owners understand the agony of this kind of event. The very very worst kind. Thanks for letting us know ANGUS - with such a beautifully worded example
to one of the finer and very best aspects of country life in France.
As you say - never give up .
DeleteWonderful - any dog owner will know that this is the best news! It's an occasion when you wish that they could talk and tell their relieved owner exactly what they have been up to! From the look on Sophie's face, she too is delighted that the Golden's are safely home. That, and someone's just told her she's chief taster for the roast 'The Font' is preparing.
ReplyDeleteShows that it's always worth listening to that little voice that tells you to go back and try again .
DeleteFantastic news. Relief all round! :0)
ReplyDeleteThe French teacher looks ten years younger.
DeleteThe best news. A very good start to Sunday indeed.
ReplyDeleteHave a great day.
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Excellent news. Very happy to hear it. Scotland may well have lost but it's the most competitive I've seen a Scotland team for quite a while.
ReplyDeleteGreat news about the goldens.
ReplyDeleteGreat news!! We were hoping for a happy ending... and one happened! Momma just had a feeling they would be found, just like her crazy kitty all those years ago...
ReplyDeleteHUZZAH! So glad to hear. I was pretending that it didn't matter to me that the two goldens had gone missing - but I knew it did! The tears in my eyes are proof. Village networks are so important.
ReplyDeleteWe're so happy. We just wonder why they stayed away in that horrible weather!
ReplyDeleteYippeeeeeeeeeee - what wonderful news to wake up to ☺
ReplyDeleteLove ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly
What great news, thanks for letting us know Angus
ReplyDeleteOh what GREAT news this morning....I'm so happy that they have been found and that they're okay. Like any lost soul, they found their way to the church....tears of joy and relief are streaming down my face.
ReplyDelete" Something makes her go back again in the afternoon".....only a dog owner can understand this.
Angus so thoughtful and kind of you to take over a bottle of Burgundy for her to celebrate, please let her know that we're all happy that they're okay.
I think all your readers are breathing a collective sigh of relief...
To know their fate is one thing. Not to know quite another.
DeleteHooray !!!! Just the thought of dogs gone missing takes my breath away - in that horrible way. Thanks for the happy update ! much love to you, the Font & of course those darn PONS xoxo Susan & les Gang
ReplyDeleteNot knowing is debilitating.
DeleteThank God! I've been praying for their safe return!
ReplyDeleteSmall miracles happen.
DeleteAnother sigh of relief from the American Midwest. My two Labradoodles have been extra spoiled these past few days as I thought about the missing Goldens.
ReplyDeleteYour blog is magnificent. Please keep posting.
Did they get spoiled with pie ?
DeleteI'm so happy they are back safe and sound. I'll bet they have a story to tell if they could.
ReplyDeleteA story involving foraging in dustbins ! Canine heaven - apart from the lack of treats and tickles and the cold.
DeleteFantastic! I am so happy for the French teacher. How her heart must have leapt to see them. This news made my day.
ReplyDeleteA smile as wide as the ocean.
DeleteThree cheers indeed! Fabulous news! Phew! So delighted to hear they are safe.
ReplyDeleteTime for the happy dance. Lovely gesture with the burgandy. Bob and Sophie a delight.
ReplyDeleteThis was my first internet stop today, with bated breath and fingers crossed. Now I'm just crying happily into my keyboard. So glad the Goldens are found.
ReplyDeleteHooray for village Post ladies and the country network. And for restorative bottles of Burgundy.
Good news indeed.
DeleteEveryone is happy!
DeleteBest news!
ReplyDeleteSo very happy for all!
xoxo
Difficult to say who looked happier - the teacher, the two miscreants or the 14 year old Golden that lay by the front door until they returned .
DeleteAnd thank you to the post lady too. Some people wouldn't take the trouble, but her simple gesture made all the difference. So glad they were found.
ReplyDeleteMary
Never believe politicians who tell you there is no such thing as 'community'.
DeleteAs an amateur politician, I totally agree. I was wakened by my husband yesterday morning so I could go early to our election action weekend, with the cry- "they've found the Goldens" (he now reads you assiduously, as well). And our entire political office cheered to hear the news, since they were worrying with you all, too
DeleteWhat wonderful news. Thanks for the kindness of the postal ladies. And the persistence of the French teacher who didn't give up. I too would look at the dear goldens and ask and ask and ask them to tell me what they'd been up to, how they spent the cold nights, and if they ever ever ever would wander from home again!
ReplyDeleteGreat news, such a relief. If Lulu went missing I would never give up looking for her so I can only imagine the joy the teacher felt on finding them.
ReplyDeleteTears of joy here in Derbyshire.
tears of joy here too! OH such JOY!
ReplyDeletei love happy endings. i can smile again now when visiting here. always before there was the sad thought of those two beautiful ones lost from home.
and ... it took a village. ♥
Thanks again for keeping us all posted! This was all the news we were hoping for. (God bless the 14 yr old dog waiting for the return those wild youngsters !) Whew. It does indeed take a village.
ReplyDeleteYogi & Mom
Wonderful news! How about a photo of the two wayward dogs? please.
ReplyDeleteHurrah for the mail service! Special thanks to the Post Ladies!
ReplyDeleteThat is fantastic!!! My heart is happy as I am sure they are even more so!! :)
ReplyDelete(but England won...)
ReplyDeleteIsn't it lovely how many of this corner of Blogland are rejoicing at the return of the goldens?!
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