Here’s a picture of Annette Poitras in hospital, alongside her husband Marcel, that was sent to Global News on Thursday night: 

Annette Poitras, left, and her husband Marcel.
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Marcel, Annette’s husband, told Global News on Thursday that the dogs helped his wife stay alive.

Quote:[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65098)]“One of them was cuddling [her] and one of them was on guard and the other one was looking for food,” he said.[/color]

Annette was with a collie named Chloe, a boxer named Roxy and a puggle named Bubba. They didn’t leave her side, even though one of them initially wandered off when Annette fell and hurt herself.

The three named dogs were also missing along with Annette Poitras.
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But luckily, that dog came back and then all four of them stayed together until they were rescued.
Despite having no water or food, it appears the group took care of each other as best they could.
“[At] one point, the last night — when it was torrential rain — the short-haired boxer, [Roxy], was cold, so [Annette] took off one of her rain jackets to put over the boxer,” said Marcel. “To keep it warm.”
Annette also learned a survival tip from the dogs.

Quote:“We can learn a lot of things from dogs.”

“Her knees are all bruised from crawling through the dirt,” said Marcel.
“So she knew they were out there. She had no phone on her, she had no way of telling the time. She doesn’t have a watch she just uses her phone. Yesterday just before she was found, she didn’t know what time it was, [and] her thoughts were, ‘I’m spending another night out there.’ She had been positive at that point, [but] that was really starting to crush her.”

Volunteer search crews celebrate Coquitlam missing dog walker’s rescue


Almost 100 volunteer search and rescue members from across B.C. worked around the clock to find Annette and the three dogs and bring them home.

“The people that I communicated with [were] extremely professional [and] focused on what they’re doing,” said Marcel.


“You don’t want those guys being emotional, right? But they’re also very compassionate, and they would drop anything to give me an update, show me what was going on. Communications were great.
“The people in the field, it’s obvious [they] love what [they] do. You know I’m glad that we got the result that everybody is always looking for.”

Quote:[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65098)]“You know, these people are doing this on their own time. They’re leaving their job, what they get paid to do to pay their mortgage, to come out and help people that need the help. So you know what, support them. They deserve it.”[/color]

Marcel said that after his wife is released from hospital they are hoping things will get back to normal.
“Quiet, peace. Walking dogs. Visiting family,” he said. “[We’ve] got plans to go away for Christmas, had those for a while. We’re going to go to England to visit her father.”
“So that’ll be a great time and yeah, we’re just going to get back to normal.”
For more on the Coquitlam Search and Rescue team and how you can help them, check out their website.

(12-07-2017, 01:02 PM)FirePlaces Wrote: I love this thread.

So I have GOOD NEWS!

My MIL is going home today.  She is doing so well, she is leaving the rehab 2 weeks early.  

At 89, she is one tough broad.  

Really happy for her and my DH as well as everyone who loves her.  

Her daughter is driving in to help her

YAY!  Good News.

(12-14-2017, 06:21 AM)reilli Wrote: I get to see my mom Saturday!! We have been living states apart for years so haven't seen each other much but we have always had a close relationship. Saturday!!

(12-25-2017, 03:25 PM)FirePlaces Wrote: What a lovely post Linville!

(09-20-2017, 07:29 PM)willie33 Wrote: