一位女士辞掉工作，花了57天寻找她丢失的狗

一位女士辞掉工作，花了57天寻找她丢失的狗，最后发现她在另一个州

A woman from Washington State spent nearly two months searching for her runaway dog. Refusing to give up, she did everything in her power to find her beloved 7-year-old border collie, Katie. Including quitting her job.

一位来自华盛顿州的妇女花了近两个月的时间寻找她的走失的狗。她拒绝放弃，尽其所能找到她心爱的7岁博德牧羊犬凯蒂。包括辞职。

Katie escaped from a hotel room in July during a trip to Montana with owners Carole and Verne King. Though she’s a social and friendly dog, she’s also skittish and the couple believes the pup was scared by thunder and fled the My Place Hotel while they were out for dinner.

今年7月，凯蒂与主人卡罗尔和凡尔纳·金前往蒙大拿州旅行时，从一家旅馆的房间里逃了出来。虽然她是一只社交和友好的狗，但她也很神经质，这对夫妇认为这只小狗被雷吓到了，在他们外出吃饭时逃离了My Place酒店。

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They searched the hotel grounds, calling for Katie until early morning. Nothing. The next day, King continued her search, putting up fliers, knocking on doors and posting on social media.

他们搜查了旅馆的场地，一直喊凯蒂到凌晨。什么都没有。第二天，金继续她的搜索，张贴传单，挨家挨户敲门，并在社交媒体上发帖。

In total, King thinks she put up about 500 flyers in the town and surrounding area. She and her husband also brought game cameras and night-vision goggles to their search.

金认为，她总共在该镇和周边地区张贴了大约500张传单。她和丈夫还带来了游戏摄像机和夜视镜。

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“I never gave up. I never lost hope,” King said. To continue her search, King even gave up her job as a postal worker. Complete strangers were keeping her spirit high, sending encouraging texts and crafting sincere Facebook posts. “I think what I got out of this was the kindness of strangers.”

“我从未放弃。我从未失去希望。”为了继续寻找，金甚至放弃了她的邮政工作。完全陌生的人让她精神振奋，给她发鼓励的短信，在Facebook上发真诚的帖子。“我想我从中得到的是陌生人的善意。”

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The pair decided to take a walk in the neighborhood, scanning the area with binoculars. They encountered a couple walking and asked if they’d seen a runaway border collie. They hadn’t. But the man said he saw a black dog heading north. King gave the couple a flier and was about to continue on her way: “As the lady was walking back, she points over to the tree where it’s real dark and says, ‘Is that your dog?'” King said. “And I turn and it’s Katie.”

两人决定在附近散步，用双筒望远镜扫描该地区。他们遇到一对正在散步的夫妇，问他们是否看到了一只逃跑的博德牧羊犬。他们没有。但这名男子说，他看到一条黑狗朝北走。金给了这对夫妇一张传单，准备继续赶路。”金说。“我转过身来，是凯蒂。”

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“I just bear-hugged her, I wasn’t going to let her go,” King added. “Tears were flying, we were screaming, everybody is high-fiving, hugging each other. People are stopping in their vehicles, getting out and hugging us. I think the whole neighborhood knew that we found her.”

“我只是拥抱了她，我不会让她走的，”金补充道。“眼泪飞了起来，我们尖叫着，每个人都击掌，互相拥抱。人们停下车，走出来拥抱我们。我想邻居们都知道我们找到她了。”

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After taking Katie to a local emergency vet clinic to assess her condition, King learned that her pup had lost 12 pounds and was severely dehydrated and in starvation mode. “The doctor walked up to her and she said, “Is this the famous Katie? And her eyes welled up with tears,” King said. “That touched me.”

在带凯蒂去当地的紧急兽医诊所评估她的情况后，金得知她的小狗已经瘦了12磅，严重脱水，处于饥饿状态。医生走到她面前，她说:“这就是那个著名的凯蒂吗?”她的眼睛里充满了泪水。”金说：“我非常感动。”