Dog Is Found Alive Month After Boat Sinks

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Dog Is Found Alive Month After Boat Sinks

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A Labrador retriever has been found alive on an isolated cove of a Southeast Alaska island more than a month after its owner was given up for dead when his boat sank in rough seas.

Two local fishermen found the dog named Brick on Heceta Island several miles from the accident. The men had known the dog's owner, Greg Clark, who went down with his boat in late January.

Brick swam to the men's boat and was hauled aboard — underweight, with an injured leg, fur matted with tree sap, but wiggling with joy, according to friends of the fishermen.

The discovery of the 8-year-old dog last week sent a shock through the close-knit rain-forest community of mariners and loggers, who had given up hope of finding Clark, 48.

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Dog Is Found Alive Month After Boat Sinks

Where are the photos of the dog? :-) I sure would like to see them.

[SoCalDem]

1. Here's his pic.. bless his heart

http://www.adn.com/front/story/4781361p-4725135c.html
(Published: February 25, 2004)
Prized Lab found long after owner given up for dead
'He was swimming so fast there was a wake coming off of him,' rescuer says

By DOUG O'HARRA
Anchorage Daily News

(Published: February 25, 2004)


A Labrador retriever missing since its owner's boat sank in 6-foot seas northwest of Prince of Wales Island in late January has been found alive on an isolated cove several miles from the accident.Two men fishing for winter-schooling salmon recognized the dog on the shore of rugged Hecata Island on Thursday night. The black dog swam to their boat when called by name and was hauled aboard -- skinny, with a hurt leg, fur matted with tree sap, but alive and wiggling with joy, according to friends of the fishermen.

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The dog -- a powerfully built black Lab with a curly cue tail, gray muzzle and white patch on his chest -- seemed sad but was starting to rebound, Pugh said. "He's hungry as hell and a little skinny, but he's doing all right." "Isn't this wonderful!" added Myra Pugh, John's wife. Clark "was a phenomenal gentleman, and it warmed my heart to think he was with his best friend, Brick. But Brick made it! It was very emotional to know that Brick survived."

Clark, a longtime beach logger who lived alone with five or six adult Labs and their pups, was lost on Jan. 22 after his 32-foot boat Katrina broke apart on rocks near Cape Lynch of Hecata Island. Clark had been making a supply run into Craig from his home on Kosciusko Island when he radioed his boat had lost power.With him was Brick, his constant companion, and a 2-month-old puppy Clark had planned to deliver to new owners in town. A three-day search by local residents and Coast Guard crews found a rolled-up survival suit, part of the Katrina's stern and other debris, but no sign of Clark or his beloved dogs.

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"His father said, 'That's a wolf.' But Kevin said, 'No, that's Brick,' " Pugh said. "And he got out on the bow and started calling, 'Brick! Brick!'"And then (the dog) looked up and started swimming right out to the boat. Kevin said he was swimming so fast there was a wake coming off of him."When Dau brought Brick to the oyster site the next day, Pugh said, "I didn't speak for about 20 minutes. I couldn't." That Brick had survived a month alone on the thick, jungly island during harsh winter weather has amazed and moved local people, Pugh said.

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Clark, who friends called a "self-made professor" of the sea, had lived for years in a cabin at Cape Pole, where he bred his own line of Labradors. Brick is ornery and smart, the alpha male of Clark's Labrador family, Pugh said. Dozens of dogs owned by local residents had been sired by Brick, too. "There's probably about 50 of them out there," Pugh said.Pugh said he doesn't know whether Brick will stay at the oyster farm or move back to Cape Pole. But the big black Lab will be welcome."It's more than an honor," he said. "I feel like it's a message from Greg -- saying who knows what, I haven't quite figured it out. But it is a miracle, that's for sure."

Daily News reporter Doug O'Harra can be reached at do'[email protected].

[La_Serpiente]

2. kick

:kick:

[SoCalDem]

3. kick

good news stories are hard to find :)

[slinkerwink]

4. awww, what a great story!