Sage is a 12 year old dog. She has lost sight of her, so she cannot go out alone; but one day she was left out of the house by mistake , her family thought that she was in the yard and an hour later they realized that she was not there.
“Ten of our kind neighbors joined us in the search that night and for several days to come,” said Beth Cole, Sage’s mother.
Five, six, seven, eight days and Sage was still missing, despair took over the family, because there are predators in the area.
They published this notice in the area, where they delimited:
“She’s adorable, she’s completely blind.”
Still they kept looking for her, handing out flyers, posting on social media, and reaching out to all her neighbors.
But Sage was found in an unexpected way.
Dan Estrada is a friend and neighbor of Sage’s family, who had gone out with his two dogs Barnabas and Köelsch, and his friend Vincent, for a day of easy walking in the woods.
When Dan spotted what he initially thought was a bag in a ditch by a stream, he got upset, thinking there were people polluting the place, but as he got a little closer his heart skipped a beat.
It was about Sage, for a moment he thought that she was dead and that he would have to pick up the body and give the bad news to the Cole family. He started down the slope and Vincent called out to him, at which point Sage shook her head.
“I quickly went over and hugged her and kissed her and started petting her, she could keep her head up and wag her tail in response,” Dan said.
Dan took her on his shoulders and carried her to the car.
“The family was so happy to see her that they couldn’t hold back their tears, the moment was very emotional,” he said.
“She is doing very well now thanks to our great friend Dan,” said Bet.
They had offered a $1,000 reward to whoever found Sage but Dan refused to accept it, instead asking that this money be donated to an animal shelter. We believe that this man is a hero, even though his meeting was unexpected, his big heart ended up helping many people around him.
