Lost dogs return home after owners cook sausages near where they went missingby Helena Horton
28 JUNE 2017 • 10:17AM
Sizzling sausages tempted these lost hounds home CREDIT: JIM DAVIS/CATERS NEWS The family of a pair of handsome miniature schnauzers were distraught when they disappeared in thick fog while on a walk in the hills.
They thought they would never see Charlie and Theo again - until the pair scampered back when they smelled sizzling sausages.
Owners Liz and Graham Hampson launched a rescue campaign and contacted mountain rescue teams, friends and family.
More than 120 people and two drones answered the call to find the stranded pooches on the Red Pike fell near Buttermere, Cumbria.
After 96 hours of searching, as a last resort the family decided to cook sausages at the spot where the dogs were last seen.
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Miniature schnauzers Charlie and Theo were missing for four days after vanishing in thick fog as they were out for a walk CREDIT: CATERS NEWS AGENCYMr and Mrs Hampson were shocked and thrilled when moments later, their beloved pets appeared.
Mrs Hamson said: "When they first appeared it was like a mirage. I could not believe it was them.
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"They absolutely love sausages. They have them every Sunday for breakfast, so if there was one food they were going to come back for, it was sausages.
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