Dog lost for 55 days in Boundary Waters found safe [Video]

ELY, Minn. (FOX 9) – Whether it’s person-to-person or man-to-man’s best friend, establishing a relationship usually involves building trust. An experienced camper’s ability to do just that with a lost dog named Lessie brought the canine’s nearly two month-long odyssey to a close.

“So excited. I knew that she could survive. Dogs are really smart. But it that’s a hard place for a dog to be lost,” said Jennifer Cadigan, with The Retrievers, an all-volunteer, non-profit that specializes in helping families find their missing dogs.

Lessie, a 6-year-old German Shepard, bolted after the car she was in with one of her owners ran into a wall and flipped on the Gunflint Trail, just north of Grand Marais at the end of June.

The Retrievers put the word out to the community to be on the lookout for Lessie. About a month later, she was spotted on the east side of Ham Lake, about three miles from the …