During a 3-day exercise in the Trinity Alps, California, volunteer rescuers encountered a Belgian Shepherd Malinois dog left to fend for herself. The team took care of her until her owner could come and collect her.
Zena was not entirely unknown to the volunteers attached to the Butte County Sheriff's Office (Butte County Sheriff's Office), in California (UNITED STATES). These volunteers, who intervene in mountain search and rescue, spent 3 days training in the massif of Trinity Alps when the Malinoise presented herself to them, alone. His story was relayed by Action News Now.
They had seen the dog the day before
The rescuers identified her at first glance, and for good reason; the day before, they had come across her hiking with her master. This time, the female Belgian Shepherd Malinois was alone, and the exercise gave way to a real rescue operation.
First of all, the dog had to agree to approach, because without a minimum of trust on her part, nothing was possible. Assuming she was probably hungry, the volunteers tried to lure her with a few pieces of the tortilla they had just prepared. Indeed hungry, Zena didn't need any convincing to eat them.
The dog then followed behind them to the team vehicle. Once there, they noticed a tag on his collar indicating the contact details of his owner, which allowed them to contact the latter and agree on a meeting point with him.
One of the rescuers drove Zena until this meeting point, where the dog was happily reunited with her master.