Lulu was barely alive after she was found Tuesday, but she is being nursed back to health and back home with her family, the Daily Sitka Sentinel reported. “It means everything,” owner Ted Kubacki said. “I have five daughters and they are 4 to 13 years old, so they have spent every day of their lives with this dog.” The Kubacki family searched for weeks after Lulu wandered off on June 18. “She’s so helpless and you figured she can’t get very far because she can’t see,” he said. It didn’t help when the family became the subject of a terrible joke when someone claimed to have found Lulu a few days after the search. “We put the kids to bed and get a text saying, ‘We found your dog’ or ‘I’ve got your dog,’ and we’re like, ‘Oh my God, that’s unbelievable,’” she said. “Then the person texted me, ‘Just kidding.’ That happened, yes, it was part of this terrible story.” After weeks of searching, the family had given up hope. But then a construction crew this week found Lulu lying in the brush next to a road not far from the Kubacki home. It was about 15 feet down an embankment, and at first the crew thought it was a bear. “They took a closer look and realized it was a dog and got her out of there,” Kubacki said. All the sadness melted away when he got the call that Lulu had been found. “I called my wife from work and she was just screaming… She starts yelling and then she yells at the kids. And I just hear them screaming like crazy,” Kubacki said. Although alive, Lulu was in poor condition. The 80-pound dog had lost 23 pounds since she went missing. she was dehydrated, dirty and her fur was matted. “I was just waiting to come back and say, ‘Hey, here’s my dog.’ She’ll jump up and wag her tail and kiss my face and she couldn’t even lift her head,” he said. “She was past the twist ». Lulu’s condition has improved significantly with medical attention, food and rest. “Slowly but surely she started eating and was able to hold her head up,” Kubacki said. “But yesterday, she propped herself up on her front legs like she was nestled inside me and she gave me a kiss and she wagged her tail and it was so lovely.” A day later, she was able to stand on her own. Kubacki, a grocery store clerk and sole breadwinner for his family of seven, then worried about the vet bill. Those fears were unfounded as Sitka residents donated hundreds of dollars to cover Lulu’s recovery bills. “We have our family members home,” Kubacki said.
title: “Blind Dog Found In Alaska 3 Weeks After Wandering " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-24” author: “William Shoemaker”
Lulu was barely alive after she was found Tuesday, but she is being nursed back to health and back home with her family, the Daily Sitka Sentinel reported. “It means everything,” owner Ted Kubacki said. “I have five daughters and they are 4 to 13 years old, so they have spent every day of their lives with this dog.” The Kubacki family searched for weeks after Lulu wandered off on June 18. “She’s so helpless and you figured she can’t get very far because she can’t see,” he said. It didn’t help when the family became the subject of a terrible joke when someone claimed to have found Lulu a few days after the search. “We put the kids to bed and get a text saying, ‘We found your dog’ or ‘I’ve got your dog,’ and we’re like, ‘Oh my God, that’s unbelievable,’” she said. “Then the person texted me, ‘Just kidding.’ That happened, yes, it was part of this terrible story.” After weeks of searching, the family had given up hope. But then a construction crew this week found Lulu lying in the brush next to a road not far from the Kubacki home. It was about 15 feet down an embankment, and at first the crew thought it was a bear. “They took a closer look and realized it was a dog and got her out of there,” Kubacki said. All the sadness melted away when he got the call that Lulu had been found. “I called my wife from work and she was just screaming… She starts yelling and then she yells at the kids. And I just hear them screaming like crazy,” Kubacki said. Although alive, Lulu was in poor condition. The 80-pound dog had lost 23 pounds since she went missing. she was dehydrated, dirty and her fur was matted. “I was just waiting to come back and say, ‘Hey, here’s my dog.’ She’ll jump up and wag her tail and kiss my face and she couldn’t even lift her head,” he said. “She was past the twist ». Lulu’s condition has improved significantly with medical attention, food and rest. “Slowly but surely she started eating and was able to hold her head up,” Kubacki said. “But yesterday, she propped herself up on her front legs like she was nestled inside me and she gave me a kiss and she wagged her tail and it was so lovely.” A day later, she was able to stand on her own. Kubacki, a grocery store clerk and sole breadwinner for his family of seven, then worried about the vet bill. Those fears were unfounded as Sitka residents offered hundreds of dollars to cover Lulu’s recovery bills. “We have our family members home,” Kubacki said.
