Reid returns!
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Reid → return → ?
45 days on, he's a little lighter, but even more adored — if possible
The poodle/Bernese mountain dog was missing for 45 days, but the owners never gave up hope
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owners → miss → hope
What did he eat?
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he → eat → What
Where did he sleep?
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he → sleep → ?
What, or who, did he meet along the way?
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he → meet → way
How Reid, the large Bernadoodle, a cross between a Bernese mountain dog and a poodle, spent 45 days in and around the forests of Gander, N.L., will never be known — and that’s OK with his owner.
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that → spend → owner
"He's a warrior," said Carmel Reid.
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Reid → say → ?
"He took care of himself.
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He → take → himself
And he figured out a way … to keep himself alive."
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he → figure → himself
The three-year-old dog, who had never been off-leash, fled from a single-vehicle collision mid-afternoon on Aug. 21.
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who → flee → Aug.
While Carmel’s husband, Lorenzo, was being taken to hospital, people passing by said they saw Reid go into the nearby forest.
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Reid → take → forest
"Lorenzo left in an ambulance and I wasn't there," said Carmel.
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Carmel → leave → ambulance
"By the time I got to Gander and went back up to look for Reid, there was no sign of him anywhere.
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I → get → him
Reid the bernedoodle poses with his housemate Piper prior to getting lost in August.
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Reid → pose → August
The following morning, someone spotted a dog on the Gander Golf Course, which is located on the Trans-Canada Highway.
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which → follow → Highway
Nineteen days after the crash, he showed up on a surveillance camera around the Twin Ponds area, not even a kilometre away from the site, Carmel said.
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Carmel → show → site
"That was the first time that I guess we had seen him since he went missing," she said.
"
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she → guess → him
So we were delighted to know that he was still alive."
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he → delight → ?
The morning after that sighting, Reid showed up in Joe Batt’s Pond, a popular cabin area on the opposite side of the highway as Twin Ponds, and a few kilometres west of the crash site.
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Reid → show → site
"Several people saw him there.
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people → see → him
They had him on video again.
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They → have → video
Social media pages such as "Help find Reid the dog" were abuzz with activity during the bernedoodle's 45-day disappearance.
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pages → help → disappearance
During that time, the Reid family never gave up hope on their family pet.
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family → give → pet
They searched every day and others were helping.
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others → search → ?
There was times where it started to creep in, but then we were like, 'No, until somebody can come to me and say he's no longer alive, we're not giving up on him.'
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we → be → him
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How moose meat played a role
Then, a breakthrough: Reid showed up in Gander.
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Reid → play → Gander
Along with the dozens of people who had come out to help search for him, now people’s home security systems aided the search exponentially.
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systems → come → search
They set up three traps to see if he could be lured in.
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he → set → traps
They were baited with moose meat.
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They → bait → meat
"We knew that the only way we were going to catch him was with the trap … he was running from everybody."
A text woke her up at 3:30 a.m.
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text → know → her
The dog was spotted near one of the traps.
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dog → spot → traps
Carmel turned on the trail camera she had set up to view the trap.
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she → turn → trap
After some shuffling around the perimeter, the moose meat drew Reid into the trap.
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meat → draw → trap
"We took off over there and I went in by myself," Carmel said.
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Carmel → take → myself
I walked up to him.
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I → walk → him
As soon as I started to walk up to him, he started to growl because he was afraid.
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he → start → him
So I just sat down, probably like six feet away from him on the pavement and just talked to him for a little bit.
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I → sit → bit
"He was trying to smell [me].
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He → try → me
As soon as he was able to do that his tail started to wag.
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tail → do → that
And I could see that he recognized me.
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he → see → me
…and 18 more, not listed.
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