A family in Northfield, Minnesota, has been looking for their singing dog for eight weeks now.
The singing New Guinea dog Arrow ran away on May 27. Since then, the Nelsen family has been looking for him.
Christaina Nelsen said that the United States has between 200 and 300 music dogs. There is only one kind of wild dog like this.
“What we’ve learned is that they were an ancient dog that came over with man, maybe thousands of years ago, across the ice bridge into New Guinea,” said Nelsen. “And then were basically just stranded there, and there’s pockets of them still left there.”
The Nelsens say it’s been hard since Arrow, their 1.5-year-old dog, ran away.
“But, you know, I think we still have faith that he’s out there, he’s alive, and we just want him home so he can be with us again and go camping, do all the things that we did before,” said Nelsen.
The family says they want Arrow to come home.
Devin Thomas Treadwell, founder of The Retrievers, said, “If we can get close enough for him to hear some of this howling, maybe he’ll be able to come to us.”
There is a group in Minneapolis called The Retrievers that helps people find their lost dogs.
Eight weeks have passed, and the Nelsen family still feels like something is missing from their family. They hope he comes home soon.
Buck Nelsen said, “It’s still hard to think about him not being here.” “The house is a lot quieter.”
