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Social media finds a (Dusty) way
Dusty is about the tiniest dog short of a Chihuahua. She’s actually a minimal-
ist miniature Yorkshire Terrier who was visiting her grandparents in Thornhill
Manor Retirement Village a few weeks ago in the company of her parents Sean
and Tracy Gallagher and their children Matthew and Erin. She was pegged in the
garden with a long lead, but somehow managed to escape and disappear and that
laid-back Friday afternoon quickly developed into a nightmare for Sean and Tracy
and the grandparents Barbara and Terence Riley.
All four scoured the village looking for Dusty and along the way alerted other
residents and eventually a veritable posse was out trying to round up the errant
animal. Eventually, Sean posted a photograph of Dusty on the Lakeside News
Facebook page and next morning
alerted Kimbal Mare. Not long after,
Beulah from Thornhill Estate found a
picture of Dusty on Kimbal’s missing
dogs page.
Beulah was checking the internet as
she had come across this tiny dog in
the Middle of Johannesburg Road,
cowering with fear and unable to
even run away. She had blocked the
road with her car, disrupting the
traffic, while she rescued the dog and
took her through to Thornhill.
Matthew celebrates Dusty’s return.
Then came the internet revelation
and the subsequent discovery that
Dusty was from Thornhill Manor.
Beulah very kindly returned Dusty
to Barbara and Terence and a hor-
rific day was transformed by a joyful
reunion.
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