On Thursday, 10 GIN snowshoers thoroughly enjoyed the first outing of the winter from St Cergue to the buvette La Genolière. When I returned home, I had a message from my elder son Tim who lives in St Cergue saying he would pop in for a cup of tea. During the course of our chat, he mentioned that Cristina, his partner, had been driving up the Route Blanche to St Cergue the previous evening at around 18.00 when she saw a long lead trailing in the road being passed on either side by drivers rushing home after work. Nobody was around so being the caring person that she is and a true cynophile, she stopped and put on her hazard lights. Spotting the small hound she pulled over and parked by which time the dog had run into the forest. She called the dog and after a short time it ran back to her and when she opened the car door, it jumped in!
Although the little terrier was very dirty and the car was going to be sold in two days’ time, Cristina settled her on the seat and drove the remaining few corners to St Cergue and took her home. Tim’s dog Spencer, an Australian shepherd, was delighted to meet her and she was given a couple of treats to calm her down. Luckily, there was a phone number on her collar so Tim rang it and the owners collected her within the hour.
Tim mentioned to me that the owners lived in Nyon and the dog had a long lead and was called Nessie. This struck a cord with me and I asked if the lead was pink by any chance? When I suggested that the owner was Mike Muller, he said “yes, it was”! I was astounded as this was such an unbelievable coincidence because I had just been snowshoeing with Mike a few hours earlier! I did a video WhatsApp with Mike and showed him Tim and Spencer, when it suddenly twigged with him that they were Nessie’s saviours! It appears that she had strayed from Mike’s wife at about 16.00 and must have travelled over 2kms up through the forest and on roads to where she was found. Tim was able to furnish details of GPS trackers to Mike so that Nessie can be located in future when she decides to go exploring!
That’s one very lucky doggy and two very happy owners!
Nessie on her pink lead
Wow great story. Nessie has been saved by one of our own (well almost). I would have been very worried indeed had it been Kobie gone missing. Mike and his wife maust be relieved.