- Three-year-old Remy Merritt went missing with her dog, Fat Heath, in Qulin, Missouri, last Thursday night.
- Local volunteers and the Missouri State Highway Patrol helped Merritt's family search for her and her Yorkshire terrier.
- The next morning, the team was searching the cornfields near Merritt's home with rescue dogs, when one of the dog's barks received a weaker bark in response.
- The bark came from Merritt's dog who had stayed with her the whole night.
- Both the girl and her dog were returned home safely after being found.
Sometimes humans are the ones rescuing dogs — and sometimes it's the other way around.
That was happened last week when three-year-old Remy Merritt went missing with her dog, Fat Heath, in Qulin, Missouri. According to ABC News, the girl and her Yorkshire terrior were found missing Thursday night around 8:30 p.m.
Before long, 150 volunteers had showed up to help Merritt's family and the Missouri State Highway Patrol search for Merritt and her dog. Clark Parrott, a sergeant with the MSHP, told ABC that the patrol sent a helicopter to use infrared radar to scan the farm area near Merritt's home.
The search revealed nothing, though, so the group of locals and law enforcement took a break and started their efforts up again at dawn. At this point, Parrott said they began using a grid search to comb through the farm's cornfields, which consist of five-foot-high stalks. The team used dogs to help search too.
This is what #Community looks like. Law enforcement, 1st Responders and community volunteers coming together to find a missing child. Her dog stayed by her side all night. #StrongerTogether pic.twitter.com/aIDMtG6JTW
— MSHP Troop E (@MSHPTrooperE) June 15, 2018
Three hours later, one of the rescue dog's barks received a much weaker bark in response. Turns out the weaker bark came from Fat Heath, who had stayed with his owner in the cornfields all night, Parrott told ABC.
It was this bark that led the team to Merritt, who was unharmed, save for some dehydration and mosquito bites, according to Parrott.
Parrott was both relieved and concerned when the team found the girl. He told ABC that watching the dogs yapping at each other was a "neat little moment."
Merritt and her Yorkie were taken back home safely afterward. A dog's loyalty truly knows no bounds.
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