Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Spruce Creek Fly-In, Port Orange, Florida: Missing dog Dumpling is found safe

( Courtesy of the Dreier family / February 10, 2014 )
 Dumpling the golden retriever was in a parade along with her owner, Wayne Dreier, and his horse, Reba, before Christmas 2013 at Spruce Creek Fly-In near Port Orange. The dog was discovered missing Feb. 5, 2013. 
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Dumpling the dog is alive, well, and back at home. 

The nearly 2-year-old golden retriever disappeared last week after her owner, Wayne Dreier, 66, received an anonymous note criticizing him for leaving the dog outside most of the time and having her sleep in a garage at his home in the Spruce Creek Fly-In community near Port Orange.

But the disappearance may have had nothing to do with neighbors' disapproval, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said.

A woman told deputies she found Dumpling in an alley, thought she was a stray and took her home. When she saw news reports Monday about the dog's disappearance, she took her to the Flagler Humane Society in Palm Coast Tuesday morning.


Dumpling and Dreier were reunited there.

He noticed the dog was missing Wednesday night and found her collar near his driveway Thursday morning. He said he didn't think she could have slipped out of the collar, which worked with a wireless electric pet fence to contain her, and assumed someone had stolen her.

Deputies are investigating how she got loose.

Dumpling was a 65th birthday present to Dreier from his wife, Barbara.


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