Monday, November 29, 2010

Grieving dog drawn to boy's grave

Since her best friend's death, Zelda has taken to wandering. Neighbors spot the one-eyed, rust-colored dog roaming the farm roads near her home, heading in the direction of the cemetery. "She's without her boy," said mom Marci Reed. "She just sniffs all over, looking for her boy." Zelda and her owner, Joshua Reed, 15, had been inseparable ever since Joshua rescued the dog three years earlier, when she was hit by a car. Tragically Josh lost his life in an accident while four wheeling. For days after the funeral, Zelda wandered up and down the farm, searching high and low for her boy. Zelda was taken to the cemetery only once by the family.
Zelda had never run away before the accident, but now, the Reeds say, the dog takes to the road any chance she gets...heading towards the cemetery searching for Josh. Read the whole story here.