Lost dog swims 6 miles, returns home thanks to Facebook
A seaworthy pup has been rescued nearly 24 hours after falling from her human family's boat — and swimming a whopping six miles through Lake Michigan.
Rylee, a 10-month-old Belgian Malinois, accidentally went overboard when her owners, Kristin and Ed Casas, were fixing an electrical problem on their vessel. When the couple realized Rylee was missing, they quickly made a "dog overboard" announcement, but Rylee was nowhere to be found.
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But the couple found an ally in Lynn Fiedor, who runs the Facebook page Lost Dog Search Team. Even though Rylee was out of their usual range, Fiedor made a post asking for clues about the pup's whereabouts.
From there, the search expanded considerably. "We ended up having over 20,000 people look at our post online and when I saw that I was like ... we're going to find the dog," Lynn told Up North Live.
Sure enough, Rylee was soon spotted by a local boater, then scooped up within a few hours at a nearby campground.
Since she'd gone missing, the resilient dog had swum six miles and walked up to 12.
Welcome home, Rylee. You deserve a nap.
